14 killed in northern China restaurant explosion
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A firefighter stands on site after an explosion on Friday evening at a hotpot restaurant in Shouyang county, north China's Shanxi province, on Nov 24, 2012. Initial investigations showed the explosion was caused by a gas leak, Xinhua news agency reported. The death toll from the explosion on Friday evening rose to 14 on early Saturday, with another 47 people injured, local investigators said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
BEIJING (AP) - An explosion at a restaurant in northern China has killed 14 people and injured 47.
The government of Shouyang county in Shanxi province says on its official website that a gas leak caused the blast and triggered a fire on Friday evening at the Xinyangyang hotpot restaurant.
The official Xinhua News Agency says six people were killed at the scene and eight others died at a hospital. Seventeen people were severely injured.
Xinhua says the explosion was so powerful that it shattered the windows of the two-storey building that houses the restaurant and shops.
