2 killed, 8 injured in Beijing explosion

0 Comment(s)Print E-mail Xinhua, August 29, 2014
Adjust font size:

Two people were killed and another eight injured in an explosion in a Beijing residential building early on Friday.

Blast rips through a home in Beijing

The scene is condoned off. [Photo/Weibo] 

The city's government has provided temporary homes for a dozen households after the blast, which detonated in an apartment on the ground floor of a building in Zuojiazhuangbeili Community in Chaoyang District at around 5:30 a.m., said Beijing firefighting authorities.

Rescuers retrieved a body and found an injured elderly woman during a search of the site. The woman later died in hospital.

All of the injured have been sent to hospital. One of them is in a serious condition but none of their injures are life-threatening.

Government authorities have sent six works teams to help with medical treatment, accident investigation, safety inspection and verification of losses.

Rescue work is ongoing.

 

Follow China.org.cn on Twitter and Facebook to join the conversation.
Print E-mail Bookmark and Share

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)

No comments.

Add your comments...

  • User Name Required
  • Your Comment
  • Enter the words you see:    
    Racist, abusive and off-topic comments may be removed by the moderator.
Send your storiesGet more from China.org.cnMobileRSSNewsletter