Society
2 injured in road blast, E China
Updated: 2011-01-17 07:32
(Xinhua)
A bus falls into a pit created by an unexplained underground explosion on Sunday in Rui’an of Zhejiang province. PHOTO BY CAI KUANYUAN / FOR CHINA DAILY |
HANGZHOU - An explosion on a road in East China's Zhejiang province tossed a bus without passengers into the air, injuring the driver and a 6-year-old boy on the roadside, local fire fighters said Sunday.
The bus, carrying no passengers, was flung four meters into the air, falling into a 10 meter by three meter deep pit caused by the explosion, according to fire fighters.
The bus driver and the boy suffered only minor injuries.
An investigation into the cause of the explosion is underway.
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