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Accidental China restaurant explosion kills at least 17 - Xinhua

The Star Online, 10 October 2015


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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through a restaurant in eastern China on Saturday, killing at least 17 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported, blaming the accident on a gas cylinder.

The blast caused a fire at the restaurant in Wuhu city in Anhui province, the report said, citing local authorities. It gave no other details.

Pemex blamed a structural failure in the leg. The rig was “listing” but had not sunk, the company said via Twitter.In August, 160 people, including firefighters, were killed in two massive explosions at a chemical warehouse in the northeastern city of Tianjin.

(Reporting by Kazunori Takada; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

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