DHAKA: At least five people were killed and 12 others injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in central Japan, said police sources.

The blast occurred at a plant run by Mitsubishi Materials in the town of Yokkaichi in Mie prefecture.

Maintenance crews were working on a heat exchanger used in the production of silicon products when the blast happened, a spokesman at the plant told the AFP news agency.

Source: BBC
BDST: 1350 HRS, JAN 09, 2013
Edited by: Golam Rosul, Newsroom Editor