At least four people were killed and 47 others injured in a gas explosion on Thursday at a restaurant in Shenyang, the capital of northeastern China’s Liaoning province, local authorities said.
All those injured in the blast have been hospitalised. Over 100 firefighters were mobilised for the rescue operation at the scene.
Video footage shared online shows the massive destruction of a three-story building, with debris littered across the area and nearby buildings affected. Cars parked near the restaurant were also damaged, state-run CGTN TV reported.
Witnesses have described the blast “as if a bomb was dropped.”
