English.news.cn 2012-08-02 18:07:48 (BJT) | Xinhua
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CHENGDU, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and twenty-five people were injured,
including four seriously, in an explosion that has ripped through an office building in southwest
China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Thursday.
The accident occurred around 2:50 p.m. Thursday at the second floor of a China Mobile branch
building in Nanjiang county, said the county's governor Li Shanjun, who is organizing rescue
work at the scene.
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An initial investigation indicated that the blast might be caused by natural gas leak, Li said.
One death has been reported so far, and the injured have been sent to the People's Hospital of
Nanjiang, according to Li.
Witnesses said the building's first three floors were severely damaged, and the fourth to eighth
floors were also damaged by different degrees.
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CHENGDU, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- One person was killed and twenty-five people were injured,
including four seriously, in an explosion that has ripped through an office building in southwest
China's Sichuan Province, local authorities said Thursday.
The accident occurred around 2:50 p.m. Thursday at the second floor of a China Mobile branch
building in Nanjiang county, said the county's governor Li Shanjun, who is organizing rescue
work at the scene.
Watch Blast Video:- http://youtu.be/ygEYNG17V1I
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An initial investigation indicated that the blast might be caused by natural gas leak, Li said.
One death has been reported so far, and the injured have been sent to the People's Hospital of
Nanjiang, according to Li.
Witnesses said the building's first three floors were severely damaged, and the fourth to eighth
floors were also damaged by different degrees.
