HANOI (AFP) – Six people were killed and seven injured in an explosion at a timber factory in southern Vietnam yesterday, local reports said.
The incident occurred around 8am at the Binh Minh Wood Production Company in Dong Nai province, with Vietnamese media reporting it was caused by a malfunctioning boiler.
“Arriving at the site, I saw a horrifying scene: debris scattered everywhere and several bodies lying in the yard,” according to a witness quoted by news site VNExpress.
State media photos of the site – where some 30 employees were working at the time – showed part of the building had collapsed, with the corrugated iron roofing flung to the ground.
The blast in Vinh Cuu district took place just a few minutes after workers finished maintenance on the boiler.
