Senior Chinese officials took charge ⁠of rescue and relief efforts after a fireworks factory explosion killed ​26 and injured 61, flattening buildings and burying people in mounds of debris, as they p...

At least 26 people are dead and 61 have been injured after an explosion at a fireworks factory in China.

The central government had sent experts to guide rescue efforts, while more than 480 rescuers had been urgently dispatched to the site for search-and-rescue operations, CCTV reported.