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LPG pipeline blast injures 18 in E China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-01-09 13:49

JINAN - Eighteen people were injured in an explosion of a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) pipeline Sunday inside a residential complex in Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province.

The accident happened at the city's Xinyuan Garden community at 7:36 am, according to rescuers.

City officials were at the scene to oversee the rescue work.

The police is investigating the cause of the explosion.