Seventeen people were injured in a residential complex explosion on Wednesday afternoon in Taiyuan, capital of north China’s Shanxi Province.
Four people were in critical condition with three discharged after treatment, the local authorities said.
The blast occurred in the Beiying neighbourhood of Xiaodian District at around 1p.m., but by 3 p.m., the fire triggered by the blast had been extinguished.
The rescue teams are conducting door-to-door safety checks in the affected building.
The authorities say that investigation into the cause of the blast is underway. (Xinhua/NAN)
