Twenty feared killed by molten metal in China

Beijing, Apr 18: A ladle of molten metal spilt its load at a Chinese steelworks today may have killed 20 people, Xinhua news agency said.

The accident happened a plant of the Qinghe Special Steel Co.

Ltd. in Tieling, in the northeastern province of Liaoning, Xinhua said in a brief report.

''Two bodies have been found so far and the other workers are unlikely to have survived,'' Xinhua said, quoting local work safety authorities.

Reuters