At Least 4 Dead, Over 40 Injured in Gas Explosion in North China

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, policemen and firefighters walk through damaged shophouses following a gas explosion in Shenyang in northeastern China's Liaoning Province, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021. Several people were killed and over dozen injured in the gas explosion at a restaurant in northeastern Chinese city Shenyang Thursday morning, according to local authorities. Cai Xiangxin/Xinhua via AP

A powerful gas explosion in a BBQ restaurant in northeastern China has killed at least four people and injured 47, local authorities and state media said on Oct. 21.

The blast erupted in a mixed-use commercial and residential building in Shenyang city of Liaoning Province at around 8:20 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. All the injured have been sent to hospitals.