Four killed in explosion at residential building in China's Liaoning province

BEIJING: Four persons have been killed and 11 others injured in an explosion at a residential building in northeast China's Liaoning province.

Part of the building collapsed after the blast at around 5 am in Huludao city, according to a statement from the city publicity office.

The 11 injured, including residents and passersby, have been sent to hospital.

"I thought it was earthquake," said a resident. "I rushed out of the building immediately, and found smoke pouring from the building," state-run Xinhua news agency quoted a survivor as saying.

Yesterday's explosion is thought to have been caused by a gas leak.

A similar explosion in Huludao City on May 31 left two persons dead and 11 others injured.

Meanwhile, firefighters have put out a fire which broke out in a chemical plant in east China's Jiangsu Province following an explosion last night.

Three plant workers and a firefighter were slightly injured as they were putting out the fire in the Dynamic chemical plant in an industrial park in Nanjing.