An explosion in a building outside Beijing kills 1 person and injures 22

By HUIZHONG WU
Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers are responding to a suspected gas leak explosion in a building in northern China that has killed one person and injured 22. Authorities said the explosion came from a fried chicken shop early Wednesday morning in the city of Sanhe. The city is just an hour drive west of Beijing. Fire engines were still arriving at the scene as of 11 a.m., and a truck could be seen hauling away a burnt-out car with its windows gone. Pieces of the building’s frame stood at a tilt above piles of rubble. Police cordoned off streets leading toward the explosion site over half a mile out, directing people away.