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Sinopec oil pipeline blast in east China kills 22: Xinhua

Smoke rises after a pipeline explosion in Huangdao, Qingdao, Shandong Province November 22, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily

(Reuters) – An explosion at a Sinopec Corp oil pipeline early on Friday killed 22 people in east China’s Qingdao city, state media reported.

Smoke rises after a pipeline explosion in Huangdao, Qingdao, Shandong Province November 22, 2013. REUTERS/China Daily

Sinopec on its microblog said the explosion was caused by a leak in the Huangwei oil pipeline and fire was put out at 1 pm local time, adding that the cause of the accident is under investigation.

(Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Editing by Michael Urquhart)

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