China factory explosion kills two, injures 66

Firefighters battle a blaze after an explosion at a plant producing paraxylene - a chemical commonly known as PX - in Zhangzhou, east China's Fujian province on April 7, 2015. [AFP]

An explosion at a steel factory in northern China killed two people and injured 66 on Sunday, with five more still missing, state media said.

The blast occurred at around 3 pm (0700 GMT) at a Baogang United Steel plate plant in Baotou city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, state news agency Xinhua reported.