China blast: The injured are nonetheless beneath emergency therapy, reviews mentioned (Representational)
Hong Kong:
A gasoline pipe explosion in a residential group in a central Chinese metropolis killed 12 individuals and injured 138, state media CCTV reported Sunday.
One hundred-fifty individuals have been evacuated following the lethal accident within the metropolis of Shiyan in Hubei province, it mentioned, of which 37 are critically injured.
The explosion prompted a meals market constructing to break down at 6:30 a.m., native media reported. Footage from CCTV exhibits wreckage and shattered glass masking the primary flooring of the collapsed constructing, the place individuals have been having breakfast and shopping for groceries when explosion occurred.
People could be seen strolling in a rubble-strewn road between broken buildings.
Hospitals in Shiyan are asking residents to donate blood, because the injured are nonetheless beneath emergency therapy, CCTV mentioned.
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