China's Xi urges all-out rescue work after blast


Rescue operations are underway after a gas explosion in Shiyan, Hubei province, on Sunday morning left 12 people dead and well over 100 injured. - China Daily/ANN

BEIJING, June 14 (China Daily/ANN): President Xi Jinping on Monday ordered all-out efforts to rescue the injured and asked the authorities to console the families of the casualties shortly after a gas explosion occurred in Shiyan, Hubei province, on Sunday morning (June 13).

The accident, which occurred at a marketplace near a residential community in the city of Shiyan, has left 12 people dead and 37 seriously injured.

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