Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered all-out efforts to rescue the injured after a gas explosion in central China’s Hubei Province on Sunday morning.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, asked authorities to console the families of the casualties and investigate the accident in a timely manner.
The gas explosion in the city of Shiyan on Sunday morning has left 12 people dead and 37 people seriously injured.
Rescuers work at a gas pipe explosion site in Yanhu Community of Zhangwan District in Shiyan City, central China’s Hubei Province, June 13, 2021. A gas pipe explosion occurred in a residential community in Zhangwan District of Shiyan City, central China’s Hubei Province, at around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, according to local authorities. The number of casualties is still being verified as the search and rescue is under way. (Xinhua)
