Safety violations at China auto factory led to dust blast - Xinhua

By Clare Baldwin HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese officials have blamed the chairman of a car parts factory in eastern China and local regulators for safety breaches that led to the most deadly industrial accident in a year, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday. The blast at the Kunshan Zhongrong Metal Products Co Ltd factory in the city of Kunshan on Saturday killed at least 75 people and injured 185. A preliminary investigation suggested the blast was triggered by a flame lit in a dust-filled room, local government officials said. Dust can be highly explosive when it is suspended in air in the right concentrations, and is true even of materials such as aluminium and iron that don't typically burn. Kunshan Zhongrong, which polishes aluminium wheels for automakers including General Motors Co