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| Japan: Fatal blast at Mitsubishi Materials factory | Japan: Fatal blast at Mitsubishi Materials factory |
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| At least five people have been killed in an explosion at a chemical factory in central Japan, police say. | At least five people have been killed in an explosion at a chemical factory in central Japan, police say. |
| A further 17 people are reported to have been injured in the blast at a plant run by Mitsubishi Materials in Yokkaichi city, in Mie prefecture. | |
| Maintenance crews were working on a heat exchanger used in the production of silicon products when the blast happened, a plant spokesman told AFP. | |
| Mitsubishi Materials makes automotive, electronics and construction products. | |
| Its Yokkaichi plant - based some 350km (220 miles) west of Tokyo - specialises in producing silicon. | |
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