PRAGUE, Czech Republic — An explosion rocked a chemical factory Thursday in the Czech Republic, killing six people and injuring two others, officials said. A Kralupy town crisis manager, Lukas Hodik, said the explosion seemed to occur when workers were cleaning an empty tank. Regional firefighters confirmed that six people were killed and that the two injured were sent to the hospital. ——This version removes an incorrect earlier reference to the Synthos company. The factory is run by Unipetrol, not Synthos.

Source: National Post March 22, 2018 10:18 UTC