SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, (THEWILL) – At least seven people were killed and 66 injured, including nine seriously, as an explosion rocked a baby day care centre in Eastern China on Thursday,
According to Xuzhou city government, two died at the site of the explosion and five while being treated while the Fengxian county government in Jiangsu province said the blast occurred near the centre and victims were taken to hospital as state media published images showing bloodied and unconscious victims.
Images circulating online showed that the force of the blast tore people`s clothes off and one woman was seen clutching her child, who is in tears.
Xinhua news agency, citing the emergency office of Xuzhou city, said the explosion happened at the gate just as children were leaving the school in the afternoon.
An official at the police station in Fengxian stated that the cause of the blast was under investigation.
Pictures of the scene showed more than a dozen people outside a building, many lying on the concrete and some appearing to be unconscious, including a small child.
Another video posted by the People`s Daily shows emergency workers arriving at the scene with gurneys. Another shows people lying in a hospital.
Online media reports cite a business owner near the kindergarten as saying that around 5:00 pm (0900 GMT) he heard a “bang”, and found that there had been an explosion at the kindergarten entrance only 100 metres away.
