A woman runs near a damaged street following a pipeline explosion in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, Friday, Nov. 22, 2013. The oil pipeline owned by China's largest oil refiner, Sinopec, ruptured and while being repaired caught fire and exploded, killing many people and injuring others, a district government in the port city of Qingdao said. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

BEIJING — Leaked oil from a ruptured pipeline in an eastern Chinese port city exploded Friday, killing at least 44 people, injuring 136 and contaminating the sea in one of the country’s worst industrial accidents of the year, authorities said.

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Front Section, Pages 8 on 11/23/2013

Print Headline: China pipeline-leak blasts kill 44

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