Massive gas pipe explosion in China, Shiyan City, at least 12 dead & over 100 injured: Hubei province

 Massive gas pipe explosion in China, Shiyan City, at least 12 dead & over 100 injured 

 

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A massive explosion occurred in the center of Shiyan city of China, leaving at least 12 people dead and more than 100 injured. The blast devastated the local food market and damaged many residential buildings.

The blast, which centered in the food market, shook the city in Hubei province on Sunday morning.

Pictures from the internet that have been circulating online show that the market is slowly falling apart with a large hole left in the ground, suggesting that leaked gas had accumulated under the building long before the explosion.
Roads around the market were littered with debris dumped outside the building, leaving only its concrete vessel.

A gas explosion in central China's Hubei Province has left 12 people dead and more than 100 people injured, including 39 seriously.
As of 12 p.m. the searchers had found 150 people from the blast site in the city of #Shiyan and rushed them to hospitalshttps://t.co/VOVw7MxwaL pic.twitter.com/x7rpbEohSg

— David de la Paz 戴维 (@daviddelapaz) June 13, 2021

Many residential buildings in the area have been damaged by the blast, with their windows shattered and their walls smashed to pieces.

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The blast left at least 12 people dead and 138 others injured, said Chinese state-run broadcaster CCTV. Some of the 37 injured were in critical condition.

In the aftermath of the deadly explosion, hospitals in the city have urged residents to donate blood, indicating that the influx of casualties could create shortages.