13 killed in furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia
A smelting furnace exploded Sunday in Palu on Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 in the latest deadly incident at nickel plants in Indonesia that are part of China's transnational development program known as the Belt and Road Initiative.
![13 killed in furnace explosion at Chinese-owned nickel plant in Indonesia](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7069139.1703420933!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/indonesia-nickel-accident.jpg)
![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, Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023. A smelting furnace has exploded at the Chinese-owned nickel plant on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing a number of workers and injuring dozens of others. The explosion on Sunday was the latest of a series of deadly accidents in nickel smelting plants in Indonesia that are part of China's ambitious transnational development program known as the Belt and Road Initiative. People stand outside factory](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7069139.1703420933!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/indonesia-nickel-accident.jpg)
A smelting furnace exploded Sunday in Palu on Sulawesi island, killing at least 13 in the latest deadly incident at nickel plants in Indonesia that are part of China's transnational development program known as the Belt and Road Initiative.