The accident happened in the early hours of the morning. Many people were killed and injured in a gas explosion in a busy market in China.
Beijing (AP) – In a gas explosion in the central Chinese province of Hubei, according to state media, twelve people were killed and 37 seriously injured on Sunday morning.
The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. (local time) in a vegetable market in Shiyan City, the state broadcaster CCTV reported. More than 140 people were rescued from the rubble, the rescue work initially continued, communist party authorities in the province said.
The market complex, which was already filled with shoppers in the early morning hours, collapsed after a loud explosion, reported the Hong Kong newspaper "Apple Daily", which is critical of the government, citing an eyewitness. In pictures that were circulating on the net and are supposed to show the destroyed market, injured people and a field of rubble were to be seen. Investigations into the cause of the explosion have been initiated, it said.
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