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An detonation at a alloy sheet factory successful northbound China's Inner Mongolia portion killed 2 radical and near 5 missing, according to section exigency absorption and occurrence rescue departments, China's state broadcaster CCTV reported.
The detonation occurred astatine a plate works of steelmaker Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union successful Baotou city astatine astir 3 p.m. connected Sunday (January 18, 2026), CCTV reported.
Sixty-six people were hospitalized aft the blast, with 3 successful captious condition, the study said.
Local authorities dispatched rescue teams to the tract to transportation out hunt and rescue operations pursuing the incident, and the cause of the detonation remains nether investigation, it said.
