Blast kills 3, injures 15 in central China village
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-06-05 18:53
Updated: 2008-06-05 18:53
ZHENGZHOU - Three people were killed and 15 injured in an explosion in a village in central China's Henan Province on Thursday.
The blast occurred at around 7 a.m. in a house in Wuzhuang village in Yongcheng City, said a spokesman with the Public Security Bureau of Shangqiu City.
The injured were being treated in local hospitals and two of them were described as seriously hurt.
Police found a number of fuses for firecrackers in the debris but they still did not know the cause of the blast.
The dead were from a family of four. Another family member was one of the two seriously injured.
More than ten rooms collapsed in the explosion.
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