Beijing, China (CNN) -- At least five people died Wednesday when a blast rocked a factory in eastern China, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing a casualty count from local government officials.
Officials of the government of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu, told reporters that along with the five deaths, 28 others were seriously injured and more than 100 others had been hospitalized after the explosion at an abandoned plastics factory.
But that death toll was in dispute -- Xinhua reporters said they had seen at least six people recorded as dead at hospitals treating people injured in the blast.
Xinhua said local media reported that more than 300 people had been sent to hospitals and at least 50 people were seriously injured.
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