China Gas Explosion Traps 20 in Collapsed Dining Hall
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More than 20 people were believed to be trapped in a Chinese dining hall after a suspected gas explosion, a type of incident frequent enough to have drawn attention from President Xi Jinping.
The blast occurred Friday in the canteen of a local government office in the southwestern city Chongqing, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. A gas leak is thought to have triggered the explosion, which caused the building in the city’s Wulong district to collapse, Xinhua said.