TAIYUAN – One person was killed while two others remain missing in a residential complex explosion on Wednesday afternoon in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province, according to local authorities.
At present, 21 people are still receiving treatment in the hospital, including six with serious injuries and 15 with minor injuries.
The blast occurred in the Beiying neighborhood of Xiaodian District at around 1 p.m. As of 3 p.m., the fire triggered by the blast had been extinguished.
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