DEADLY Chinese search and rescue personnel examine the site of a market in Shiyan, Hubei province where a powerful explosion killed 12 persons and injured 138 others on June 13, 2021. GLOBAL TIMES PHOTO
DEADLY Chinese search and rescue personnel examine the site of a market in Shiyan, Hubei province where a powerful explosion killed 12 persons and injured 138 others on June 13, 2021. GLOBAL TIMES PHOTO


BEIJING: At least 12 people were killed and 39 seriously injured on Sunday after a gas line explosion tore through a residential neighborhood in central China.

Responders to the early morning blast in the city of Shiyan in Hubei province sent more than 150 people to the hospital, according to officials quoted by the state media.

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