Gas blast injures five near Shanghai's landmark skyscraper
17/1/2008 16:45
Five people were injured in an explosion and a subsequent fire caused by a
gas leak near Shanghai's iconic Jinmao Tower in the city's Pudong New Area
today.
The blast occurred at about 10 a.m. inside a vacant two-storey
building slated for demolition about 30 meters from the tower, causing an open
fire,the local public security bureau said.
The five injured, who are all
recovering in hospital, included a shop owner and four passersby. A glass door
of the 88-storey Jinmao Tower, currently the second tallest on the Chinese
mainland, shattered.
The fire was put out in half an hour.
Preliminary
investigations show the accident was caused by a gas leak from a pipeline
passing through the two-storey building.
Xinhua
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