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{'text': 'Koh EweandLaura Bicker,China Correspondent'}

{'text': 'Watch: Drone footage reveals aftermath of fatal explosion at China fireworks factory'}

{'text': "An explosion at a fireworks factory in China's Hunan province has killed 26 people and left 61 wounded, according to state media."}

{'text': 'Rescue operations have wrapped up at the Huasheng Fireworks plant in the southern city of Liuyang, after an explosion on Monday afternoon forced authorities to evacuate everyone within a 3km (1.9 mile) radius of the plant.'}

{'text': 'Authorities deployed more than 1,500 emergency responders, along with dogs, drones and robots. They rescued seven people who were trapped under debris.'}

{'text': 'Police, who are investigating the cause of the blast, have taken "control measures" against the staff in charge of the fireworks company, Chinese state media reported.'}

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{'text': 'Rescue teams had to evacuate everyone within a 3km (1.9mi) radius of the fireworks plant'}

{'text': 'Authorities said that two gunpowder warehouses within the factory area had posed a high risk amid rescue efforts, state media reported.'}

{'text': 'Besides evacuating people near the fireworks plant, rescuers also implemented measures like humidifying the area to "prevent secondary accidents during the rescue".'}

{'text': 'The impact of the blast was so destructive that windows of a nearby residential building were shattered, a CCTV reporter noted in a televised broadcast from the scene.'}

{'text': 'The ages of the injured range from their 20s to 60s, and some suffered bone injuries after being hit by flying debris, said the CCTV report.'}

{'text': 'President Xi Jinping has urged all-out efforts to search for the missing and save the injured. He also called for an investigation into the accident to hold those responsible to account, state media reported.'}

{'text': "Local authorities said on Tuesday that they were monitoring the vicinity's water and air qualities, and that the relevant environmental indicators were normal."}

{'text': 'Speaking to Beijing News, a resident who lives about 1km away from the factory said villagers now have to take detours after stones were blasted onto the road.'}

{'text': '"The glass windows in our homes were shattered, aluminum window frames were deformed, and even the stainless-steel doors were twisted out of shape," she said.'}

{'text': 'Another resident told the news outlet that she has left the village out of fear.'}

{'text': "Liuyang city is known for fireworks manufacturing, touted in reports as the world's largest producer of fireworks."}

{'text': 'Blasts at fireworks factories and shops are not uncommon in China - and are often deadly. In February, 12 people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks store in Hubei province.'}