Eight people have been confirmed dead in a blast at a biotechnology factory in central China early on Saturday.
The explosion ripped through a workshop in Shanyin county, Shanxi province, operated by Jiapeng Biotechnology, a company involved in bio-feed, coal and related products, building materials, and paint manufacturing.
The county government said the rescue operation had concluded and the company’s legal representative had been taken into police custody.
Officials from Shuozhou, the city…