DALIAN, Jan. 25, 2021 (BSS/Xinhua) – Three people were killed and eight
others injured in a natural gas pipe explosion on Monday in Dalian, a port
city in northeast China’s Liaoning Province, local authorities said.
The explosion occurred at around 5:50 a.m. near a residential community in
Jinzhou District of Dalian. Eight people who were slightly injured by
shattered window glass have been sent to the hospital.
A dozen vehicles caught fire after the explosion. A nearby auto repair shop
then ignited, which caused another explosion and three deaths.
The fire has been put out, and an initial investigation found that the
explosion was caused by leakage of the natural gas pipeline.