{At least seven people killed, 59 wounded in explosion at nursery in Xuzhou in eastern Jiangsu, state media reports.}<\/p>\n
At least seven people were killed and 59 others wounded in an explosion at a nursery in eastern China, state media reported.<\/p>\n
The blast occurred as children were being picked up from school in the city of Xuzhou in Jiangsu province on Thursday, police said.<\/p>\n
Mobile phone camera footage posted on the website of the official People’s Daily newspaper showed more than a dozen people lying motionless in front of the nursery’s steel sliding gate.<\/p>\n
The force of the blast tore the clothes off some of the people lying on the ground beside pools of blood. <\/p>\n
One woman was seen clutching her child, who was in tears. The video also showed ambulances arriving and medical personnel wheeling people into an emergency room.<\/p>\n
It was not clear whether the explosion was an accident or was deliberately set.<\/p>\n
The newspaper Xiandaikuaibao on its website cited an unidentified witness as saying the blast appeared to have been caused by an exploding bottle of cooking gas.<\/p>\n
Calls to the kindergarten and local hospitals rang unanswered, AP news agency reported.<\/p>\n
An official at the police station in Fengxian county told AFP news agency that the explosion was under investigation.<\/p>\n
It is the latest tragedy to strike a nursery in China in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
A school bus packed with nersery pupils erupted in flames inside a tunnel in eastern Shandong province on May 9, killing 11 children, a teacher and the driver.<\/p>\n
Officials later said the fire was intentionally set by the driver, who was angry at losing overtime wages.<\/p>\n
Source:Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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