Seoul:
Five workers were killed and 11 injured on Thursday when a storage tank exploded at a chemical plant in South Korea, firefighters said.
The tank, containing inflammable material, exploded around 19:00 (1200 GMT) at a Daelim Industrial plant in the southern coastal city of Yeosu.
"It did not start a fire and an investigation is under way," a firefighter told AFP.
Yonhap news agency said the workers had been engaged in welding when the tank storing the plastic polyethylene exploded.
The tank, containing inflammable material, exploded around 19:00 (1200 GMT) at a Daelim Industrial plant in the southern coastal city of Yeosu.
"It did not start a fire and an investigation is under way," a firefighter told AFP.
Yonhap news agency said the workers had been engaged in welding when the tank storing the plastic polyethylene exploded.
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