In the hospital stay of 106 people, of whom 11 were seriously injured.
The victims of the explosion in one of the buildings in the Chinese province of Shaanxi were 14 people, reports on Tuesday Agency Xinhua citing rescuers. The explosion occurred yesterday, October 24, at about 14.00 local time (9.00 a.m. CET) in one of the buildings in the County Fugu County, Yulin city.
According to the latest data, 147 people were injured, in the hospital stay of 106 people, of whom 11 were seriously injured and 41 people were discharged from the hospital. To date, the search and rescue operation has been largely completed.
The explosion of the 58 houses nearby suffered serious damage, some of them partially collapsed. Within a radius of 0.8 kilometers from the explosion in the buildings cracked or was broken glass, 63 parked cars suffered damage of varying degrees.
According to preliminary police data, the cause of the explosion was the detonation of explosives. Police arrested the owner of the building, the persons who rented the room was declared wanted.
As reported earlier, local residents, the cause of the explosion could be the detonation of explosives illegally stored in the basement of the building. The building where the explosion occurred, completely destroyed. According to the newspaper thepaper.cn, on the site of the explosion crater with a depth of four and a width of five meters.
