BEIJING, Jan 8 — At least 16 people died when an explosion triggered by a suspected gas leak caused a building to collapse yesterday in the Chinese city of Chongqing, state media said.
Footage posted by state broadcaster CCTV on social media showed smoke and dust billowing from the collapsed building in Wulong district on the outskirts of the southwestern megacity. An eyewitness told state-run Phoenix TV that the blast was “very scary... our windows have all been blown to pieces”. Xinhua said people were having lunch when the blast occurred.
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