TAIYUAN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- An explosion occurred Wednesday morning in a residential area of Taiyuan, capital of north China's Shanxi Province, according to local firefighters.
The blast in the Xiaodian District of Taiyuan was reported to the firefighting authorities at about 1 p.m. As of 3 p.m. fire triggered by the blast had been put out but casualties remained unknown. ■
