Reuters - Two people have been
reported killed after a firework explosion on the outskirts of Tangshan in
northern China's Hebei province on Saturday.
The explosion took
place at 1 p.m. in a village in the steel producing district of Fengrun, state
media reported.
Footage and
photographs circulated on social media showed large plumes of smoke drifting
over a cluster of houses, one of which had been reduced to rubble as a result
of the blast. Rescue workers were at the scene.
The official Xinhua
news agency said on its Twitter-like Weibo microblog that a preliminary
investigation showed the explosion was caused by a private stash of fireworks.
A suspect had already been detained by police, it said.
Reuters
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