7 face arrest after Inner Mongolia fatal blast report exposes string of failings

A series of failures, including poor maintenance, design and oversight, have been blamed for a deadly explosion at an industrial plant in Baotou in China’s Inner Mongolia region earlier this year. In an official report released on Sunday, the Inner Mongolian emergency management department said the blast at the Baotou Steel Group’s plant that killed 10 people and injured 84 was the result of a leak caused by corrosion on the inner wall of a steam storage pressure vessel. Debris from the blast...