China building blast toll reaches eight

October 8, 2012 | Accident / Crime / Disaster | Written by

Beijing, Oct 8: The toll in a blast inside a building in China rose to eight Monday after five more bodies were retrieved from the debris, Xinhua reported.

Saturday’s explosion was triggered by detonators illegally manufactured and stored at a residential building in Baoding city of Hebei province. Thirty people were injured.

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