Rescuers work on the site of an explosion in Yanjiao of Sanhe City, north China's Hebei Province, March 13, 2024. Seven were killed and 27 others injured following an explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday.
The blast, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city's emergency management bureau.
All the injured have been rushed to the hospital, and their injuries are not life-threatening. Of all the injured, 14 have been discharged from hospital.
An investigation is under way. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
SHIJIAZHUANG, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Seven were killed and 27 others injured following an explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday.
The blast, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city's emergency management bureau.
All the injured have been rushed to the hospital, and their injuries are not life-threatening. Of all the injured, 14 have been discharged from hospital.
An investigation is under way. ■
Rescuers work on the site of an explosion in Yanjiao of Sanhe City, north China's Hebei Province, March 13, 2024. Seven were killed and 27 others injured following an explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday.
The blast, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city's emergency management bureau.
All the injured have been rushed to the hospital, and their injuries are not life-threatening. Of all the injured, 14 have been discharged from hospital.
An investigation is under way. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiao)
Rescuers work on the site of an explosion in Yanjiao of Sanhe City, north China's Hebei Province, March 13, 2024. Seven were killed and 27 others injured following an explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, local authorities said Thursday.
The blast, suspected to have been caused by a gas leak, occurred at 7:54 a.m. Wednesday at a shop in Yanjiao township in the city of Sanhe, according to the city's emergency management bureau.
All the injured have been rushed to the hospital, and their injuries are not life-threatening. Of all the injured, 14 have been discharged from hospital.
An investigation is under way. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Rescuers work at the site after an explosion in Yanjiao of Sanhe City, north China's Hebei Province, March 13, 2024. A preliminary investigation into the fatal explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, which resulted in seven deaths and 27 injuries, indicated that it was caused by gas pipeline leakage, according to local authorities on Thursday. (Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site after an explosion in Yanjiao of Sanhe City, north China's Hebei Province, March 13, 2024. A preliminary investigation into the fatal explosion in north China's Hebei Province on Wednesday, which resulted in seven deaths and 27 injuries, indicated that it was caused by gas pipeline leakage, according to local authorities on Thursday. (Xinhua)
