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Gas explosion at auto parts factory kills 17, injures 33 in southern China

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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, an ambulance waits outside the site of a gas explosion at the Fuhua Engineering and Manufacturing Co. factory in Foshan city, south China's Guangdong Province Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Liang Xu) NO SALES (The Associated Press)

BEIJING – A gas explosion at an auto parts factory in southern China killed 17 people and injured 33 others on Wednesday, state media reported.

Three of the injured were in critical condition, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

The Southern Metropolis Daily said witnesses heard three blasts at the Fuhua Engineering and Manufacturing Co. factory in Foshan city. The blasts destroyed the facility's walls and ceiling and also damaged a nearby glass factory and other plants.

Pictures on the newspaper's website showed panels blown off the building's structure and people lying injured on the ground. Xinhua said the factory was closed for cleaning at the time of the blast.