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An Avoidable Tragedy 　　At 3 AM on November 22， a minor leak was detected in an oil pipeline running below the crossing of Qinhuangdao Road and Zhaitangjie Street in Huangdao District， Qingdao City， Shandong Province. 　　Seven hours later， the pipe exploded， killing 62 passersby and injuring 136 more， many of whom sustained horrific burns. 　　The pipeline was owned and run by State-owned oil giant Sinopec to deliver imported crude oil from a depot in Huangdao to the company’s refinery in the nearby city of Dongying. Following the disaster， one of the worst gas explosions in recent years， Sinop