- Explosion at Chinese restaurant ahead of Dragon Boat Festival
- Fire brigade vehicles immediately reached the spot
- Plant deliberately set on fire under some conspiracy: Police
An explosion in a restaurant in China has killed 31 people. The incident is being reported in the city of Yinchuan where a late night explosion at a restaurant killed 31 people. The cause of the blast is said to be a gas leak. Chinese media reporting the incident said that a sudden gas leak in the restaurant caused a huge explosion. It is also said that 7 people were injured in this incident. These people were admitted to the hospital after being rescued.
It is being told that as soon as the information about the explosion was received, fire brigade vehicles immediately reached the spot and started extinguishing the fire. Several pictures of the incident have surfaced in which several fire tenders can be seen at the spot after dousing the fire. Many people were present around the restaurant when the explosion took place. According to reports, the explosion occurred at a barbecue restaurant in Ningxia, Yinchuan.
What did Chinese President Xi Jinping say?
The incident is said to be before the Dragon Boat Festival holiday on Wednesday. As people were preparing for the festival, the blast took place in the restaurant at 8.40 pm and many people were trapped. The area where the incident took place has a large Muslim population. Expressing grief over this incident, Chinese President Xi Jinping has also requested to give first aid to the injured. Along with this, he also said that there is a need to increase security in big industries and sectors.
Before this, the news of a fire in a private plant of a Chinese company also surfaced. In this accident, 38 people died while two people were injured. Apart from this, two are also reported to be missing. Suspecting that the plant was deliberately set on fire as part of a conspiracy, the police detained 7 people.
