16 killed in Chongqing blast in China

BEIJING, Jan. 08 (YPA) -A building housing a restaurant in Chongqing in China’s southwest collapsed on Friday after an explosion, killing at least 16, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

As of midnight (1600 GMT) on Friday, 26 people had been taken from the site, of whom 16 had died, the broadcaster said on Saturday

The CCTV confirmed that the explosion suspected to have been caused by gas leak.

The Ministry of Emergency Management dispatched a team to of more than 600 personnel to the scene in Chongqing’s Wulong district, CCTV said.

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