BEIJING: Chinese media and Internet users voiced outrage after officials said the relatives of those killed in a chemical plant explosion were “calm” as they revealed a sharp rise in the toll.

State media said last week that five people had been killed when a fireball ripped through a chemical plant in Shandong province, just weeks after explosions in the northern port of Tianjin killed 161.

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