8 injured, 5 seriously, in Bolzano factory explosion

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 21 - Eight workers were injured, five critically, in an explosion at an aluminum plant in Bolzano overnight, sources said on Friday.
    The five most serious cases were taken by helicopter to important burns centres - two were taken to Verona, one to Padua, one to Milan and the other to Murnau in Bavaria, the sources said.
    The less seriously injured workers are receiving treatment in Bolzano.
    It is the latest in a long series of serious workplace accidents in Italy.
    There were over 1,000 fatal work-related accidents here last year, according to official data. (ANSA).