23 injured in factory explosion in central Romania

BUCHAREST, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Twenty three persons were injured on Saturday in the explosion of a sawdust drier at a wood processing factory in the city of Gheorgheni, central Romania, police said.

The explosion took place at SC Transilvania Industry in Gheorgheni and 23 workers, who were at that time in the section, were injured.

The explosion occurred in a silo where wood dust and sawdust were stored and a team of investigators are trying to find out the cause.

Twenty-one workers were hospitalized with burns of various degrees on their bodies, said Geza Jeszensky, manager of the Municipal Hospital in Gheorgheni. Four of the injured have second and third degree burns on about 50 percent of their bodies and the remaining ones have second degree burns on their hands and faces, he added.

According to Jeszensky, the condition of the injured workers is stable and their lives are not in danger.