Smoke drifts from the site of an explosion Wednesday afternoon at a plant owned by Fangda Special Steel Technology Co. Ltd. in Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi province. The fire has been put out. Photo: IC Photo

Thick smoke rises from the site of the explosion, which occurred around 4:22 p.m. Wednesday. Photo: IC Photo

Police wait outside the site of the explosion. Photo: IC Photo

Smoke rises from the site. Photo: IC Photo

Smoke pours from the site after the blast. Photo: IC Photo