- Two people under criminal detention after guests suffer serious burns
- Initial investigation finds the blast was caused by leakage from liquefied gas being used by a chef
Some of the injured had sustained serious burns but none were critically injured, the statement said.
An unspecified number of people have been held responsible for the incident, and two of these were under criminal detention, it said.
Korean BBQ gas tank explodes in China, killing one and injuring 10
In a video showing the explosion’s aftermath, posted by ifeng.com, people can be seen running to vacate the scene as dozens of chairs lie scattered on a road in the village where two lines of dinner tables had been set up for guests, with cooking equipment and two gas canisters alongside.
In September, five people died after a liquefied gas tank exploded in a residential building in Hebei’s Baoding city, official media reported.
A total of at least 80 people were killed and over 900 were injured in blasts related to the commonly used cooking fuel last year, according to a report by Gas Explosion, a WeChat public account specialising in data analysis of such incidents.
Source: SCMP
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