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Gas explosion kills four, injures 13

By Yang Cheng in Tianjin | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2022-07-20 20:06

Rescuers look for victims after a gas explosion partly destroyed a residential building in Tianjin on Tuesday. [Photo by Tong Yu/China News Service]

A gas explosion at a residential building in Tianjin has killed four people and injured 13, local media said on Wednesday.

Rescue work was finished, with all the victims buried in the debris pulled out, according to a Tianjin Daily report posted by the Tianjin government on social media.

The incident occurred around 7:15 am on Tuesday in the city's Beichen district and severely damaged a six-story residential building.

Gas supply resumed in the affected areas on Wednesday. The supply of water and power had resumed earlier.

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