Seven dead as Indian oil tanker explodes in Chinese shipyard
28 Jan 2014
Seven workers were killed when an Indian oil tanker exploded and caught fire at a shipyard in east China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday morning.
The oil tanker, which was being repaired at the shipyard exploded and caught fire, leaving seven Chinese workers dead, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The explosion took place around 7:20 am, when the workers were repairing the tanker at the Haizhou Shipyard in Zhoushan city of Zhejiang province, the report quoted a spokesman with the provincial work safety supervision bureau as saying.
While reports did not point to any oil spill, the oil tanker, which has a capacity of 50,000 tonnes, was unloaded when the explosion occurred and smoke was detected, Xinhua said.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, it said.
Meanwhile, without providing any details state-run CCTV said an open flame triggered the blast.
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