At least 16 people were killed and 43 others injured in a factory blast in Anhui Province Sunday, Xinhua quoted local government as saying. A blast ripped through the workshops of Jingxin Mining Ltd. Co. in Fengyang County, Chuzhou City, at 3:17 a.m., according to the county government. Most of the killed were employees of the company while the injured are residents living nearby. The injured have been sent to the hospital.