Saturday 24 November 2012

14 killed in hotpot restaurant explosion - Jinzhong in north China - Xinhua |

14 killed in hotpot restaurant explosion - Xinhua | English.news.cn: BEIJING, Nov. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- An explosion has ripped through a hotpot restaurant in the city of Jinzhong in north China’s Shanxi Province, killing 14 people and injuring 47.

The explosion happened at around 8pm Friday in a dual-layer, 3-hundred square-meter construction. When the accident took place, nearly 100 people were eating at the establishment. After the explosion, fire-fighers were on the scence to carry out rescue work.

17 diners were seriously injured. The explosion ignited a fire which destroyed the interior of the restaurant. A customer injured in the explosion tells us how he escaped.

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