The explosion at Shandong Tianbao Chemical Industry Corporation factory in Shandong province's Pingyi county occurred at 8:20am local time (00:20 GMT), Xinhua reports.
"The cause of the blast is being further investigated," Xinhua said.
2 injured, 9 unaccounted for in a chemical factory blast in Pingyi county, Shandong province Wed morning pic.twitter.com/3wKyLSVEbc— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) October 21, 2015
A series of incidents involving blasts has been rocking China since July, when a huge explosion broke out at a petrochemical factory in the same province triggering a massive fire.
On August 22 over 160 people lost their lives and around 700 were injured in unprecedented explosions at a warehouse storing hazardous chemicals in the port of northeastern city of Tianjin.
This incident was followed by a massive blast that took place at another chemical plant, Diao Kou Xiang Bin Yuan Chemical Co., in Dongying city, also in the eastern province of Shandong.
The series of blast-involved incidents raised questions about safety standards in the Chinese industrial sector following three decades of breathtaking economic growth.
Ya think ?.........How many in China now does this make????