Plant blast kills 12, injures dozens in Indonesia

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 25, 2023 12:05 am

JAKARTA: At least 12 people were killed and 39 were injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday after an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, an industrial park official said.

The accident took place at about 5:30 a.m. at a plant owned by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel at the Morowali Industrial Park, in Central Sulawesi province, a spokesman for the complex said in a statement.

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