A fire broke out Friday morning at a chemical plant of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. in central Japan's Ibaraki Prefecture, leaving two employees dead and two others in missing.
According to firefighters, the fire started at around 11:30 a.m. at a cracking furnace at the No. 2 ethylene plant of Mitsubishi Chemical's Kashima factory in Kamisu city, and subsided one hour later.
Bodies of the two dead were found in the evening after firefighter were able to enter the fire site.
No injuries have been reported, company officials said.
Source:Xinhua
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