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Blast at central China police office kills one

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-10 06:18

CHANGSHA - Confiscated explosives stored in a police office in central China accidentally set off on Thursday, leaving a police driver dead and two others injured, local authorities said.

The blast, occurring at noon, brought down a building at Huangshi police station in the city of Leiyang, Hunan Province.  Nearby residential buildings were also damaged.

A 38-year-old driver hired by the police station was killed in the blast while a police officer and a cook were wounded, police authorities said.

The police are still probing the case.