Beijing:
Four persons have been killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a residential building in northeast China's Liaoning province.
Part of the building collapsed after the blast at around 5 am in Huludao city, according to a statement from the city publicity office.
The 11 injured, including residents and passersby, have been sent to hospital.
"I thought it was earthquake," said a resident.
"I rushed out of the building immediately, and found smoke pouring from the building," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a survivor as saying.
Yesterday's explosion is thought to have been caused by a gas leak.
A similar explosion in Huludao City on May 31 left two persons dead and 11 others injured.
Meanwhile, firefighters have put out a fire which broke out in a chemical plant in east China's Jiangsu Province following an explosion last night.
Three plant workers and a firefighter were slightly injured as they were putting out the fire in the Dynamic chemical plant in an industrial park in Nanjing.
Part of the building collapsed after the blast at around 5 am in Huludao city, according to a statement from the city publicity office.
The 11 injured, including residents and passersby, have been sent to hospital.
"I thought it was earthquake," said a resident.
"I rushed out of the building immediately, and found smoke pouring from the building," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a survivor as saying.
Yesterday's explosion is thought to have been caused by a gas leak.
A similar explosion in Huludao City on May 31 left two persons dead and 11 others injured.
Meanwhile, firefighters have put out a fire which broke out in a chemical plant in east China's Jiangsu Province following an explosion last night.
Three plant workers and a firefighter were slightly injured as they were putting out the fire in the Dynamic chemical plant in an industrial park in Nanjing.
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