31 at least people They were killed and seven others were injured in Huge explosion in restaurant in northwest China, authorities said Thursday.
It was a blast caused By cooking gas in the grill restaurant on eve of for along way holiday weekend.
rip blast restaurant around 8:40 p.m. Wednesday on a busy street in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is traditionally Muslim, such as people They gathered forward of Dragon Boat Festival official Xinhua News Agency said.
bang left a lot people unconscious and they needed to be picked up out of the shopaccording to the online news The Paper website, which quoted a member of Search and rescue team. Among the victims were elderly people people and high school students added.
An hour before the explosion, the staff noticed the smell of cooking gas and discovered that the gas tank valve was broken, according to Xinhua. The explosion occurred while A employee He replaces the valve.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for urgent medical attention for injured and a safety Xinhua said the repairs after the explosion. He urged efforts to quickly identify cause of accident and hold people responsible under the law.
something also He said all relevant regions and departments should Heading “All Kinds of risks and hidden Dangers” and launch campaigns to promote the workplace safety.
nine people He was arrested by the authorities, including the owner of The restaurant, shareholders and employees. they assets Owns also According to Xinhua.
The explosion occurred in one of the ports of Fuyang grill series restaurant in Yinchuan popularity for Its grilled skewers and fried dishes, the newspaper said.
The two-floor restaurant It can hold 20 seats people on the earth floor and offered private Dining rooms on the second floor where customers can also Karaoke singing.
The newspaper cited a woman identified only by her surname Chen as saying she was about 50 meters (164 feet) from the sea. restaurant When I heard the explosion.
I described seeing two waiters coming out restaurant after that, one of which instantly collapsed, while thick smoke billowed from restaurant And strong smell of Cooking gas penetration area.
The center is the government’s ministry of Emergency management said on social media This search and rescue work In the restaurant It was completed early Thursday morning and investigators were working to determine cause of blast.
Dragon Boat Festival is a holiday dedicated to eating rice Dumplings and racing boats run by him teams of rowing. while the majority of They get high population From Han Chinese and the third from Hui peopleor Chinese Muslims.
Work accidents of This type is regular incident in China, usually attributed to the poor government Oversight and corruption cost-cutting Measures by employers and little safety an exercise for employees.
Nine at least people were killed in Explosion at a Chinese petrochemical plant, three others died in Helicopter crash during Labor Day in the country holiday.
In February, 53 miners were killed in Meltdown of Huge open pit coal mine in Northern region of Inner Mongolia leading For many arrests, four people They are arrested over a fire in the industrial trading a company in Central China in November that killed 38 people.
Center government Stronger pledge safety Measures since the explosion in 2015 in Chemical warehouse in North port city of Tianjin killed 173 peopleMost of Including firefighters and police officers. In this case, no of Local officials charged of Take bribes to ignore safety violations.
