Eight Detained Over Deadly China Gas Blast
Faizan Hashmi Published June 18, 2021 | 09:40 AM
Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jun, 2021 ) :Chinese police have detained eight suspects over a gas blast that killed 25 people and reduced several buildings to rubble in the central city of Shiyan, authorities said Friday.
Over a hundred people were injured in the explosion, which struck a busy two-storey building packed with shoppers and people eating breakfast in the Hubei province city on Sunday morning.
Eight suspects, including the general manager of the company that owned the gas pipe, have been detained, according to the Shiyan government.
Authorities found that "the company's safety management system was unsound" and "there were serious defects in the operation of relevant equipment," the government's statement said.
The blast occurred in a building that had previously housed a vehicle frame manufacturer, and several survivors told local media that the gas pipeline had fallen into disrepair after the factory was moved last year.
Around 900 residents in surrounding buildings were evacuated following the blast, which littered the area with debris and saw rescuers carrying shocked survivors out on stretchers.
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