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Police officers and workers stand near the site where a furnace explosion occurred at PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel smelting plant in Morowali, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, on Dec. 24, 2023.

Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — A smelting furnace has exploded at a Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 workers and injuring dozens of others.

An explosion at a nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island has killed at least 13 workers and injured dozens of others, some seriously. Eight victims were Indonesian and five Chinese.