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“One person has been killed and nine injured after an explosion at a chemical plant in China’s eastern Shandong province, state media report”.

Dead fish are seen on the banks of Haihe river in Tianjin.

The explosion was caused when canisters containing a chemical used to produce nylon burst, the Shandong Fire Control Department said on its official microblog. No fatalities have been reported.

“In life, you are not often confronted with these kinds of disasters, whether natural or man-made”, said Ji Tao, a doctor.

The high insurance penetration rate in this area could make the blasts one of the most costly catastrophe claims for the Chinese insurance sector in the past few years, the report said. It is one of the government agencies responsible for regulating companies that work with...