10 dead, over 40 missing in industrial accidents in China

Atleast ten people were killed and over 40 injured in two separate industrial accidents in China today.

Six people died and 11 are still missing in a coal-mine gas blast in northeast China's Jilin Province today, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

In a separate incident, four people were killed while another 32 were injured after a furnace exploded in an iron and steel factory in eastern China.

A furnace exploded at the Xinyu Iron and Steel Group Company in the city of Xinyu in Jiangxi Province, Xinhua reported.

The blast smashed a 100-tonne furnace of the plant. The injured were moved to a local hospital, the agency reported.