4 dead, 13 injured in China gas explosion

A fireman checking the partially collapsed section of the building in Tianjin. - AP

BEIJING (AP): Four people have died in a gas explosion that injured 13 others at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media said on Wednesday.

A trapped person who had been pulled out on Tuesday at 5.40pm, more than 10 hours after the morning blast, had weak vital signs and died after being taken to a hospital, according to a Tianjin Daily report posted by the Tianjin government on social media.