BEIRUT, April 30 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and two others wounded on Tuesday evening in an explosion resulting from a gas leakage in a restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon's capital, Elnashra news website reported.
According to the report, the fire brigade said its members put out a fire at a pizza restaurant located in the Bechara el-Khoury area of the city.
An investigation has been initiated into the incident, local news portals quoted Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi as saying. ■
