Gas pipeline blast kills two, injures three in Shanghai
21/11/2008 17:42
Two people were killed, and three others injured after a gas pipeline
blast in Shanghai early today, local police said.
The blast occurred at about
4:30 a.m. on a road in the city's Jing'an District when five men were doing
maintenance work on the gas pipeline, and police said they received an emergency
call about the accident 15 minutes later.
One person died on the spot, and
the 33-year-old man was from central Henan Province, police said.
Another man
died of pulmonary injury after being sent to hospital. The other three were
temporarily out of danger, doctors said.
The gas supply and traffic in the
municipality were not affected by the accident, according to the police.
An
investigation into the cause of the blast has been underway.
Xinhua
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