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Sinopec oil pipeline blast in E China kills 22 -Xinhua

by Reuters
Friday, 22 November 2013 08:02 GMT

BEIJING, Nov 22 (Reuters) - An explosion at a Sinopec Corp oil pipeline early on Friday killed 22 people in east China's Qingdao city, state media reported.

Sinopec on its microblog said the explosion was caused by a leak in the Huangwei oil pipeline and fire was put out at 1 pm local time, adding that the cause of the accident is under investigation. (Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Editing by Michael Urquhart)

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