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11 die in China building collapse; gas leak blamed

The Philippine Star
June 12, 2013 | 11:35am

BEIJING — State media say at least 11 people were killed when an explosion caused a three-story office building to collapse in eastern China.

Xinhua News Agency says the explosion occurred Tuesday morning in an employee cafeteria of a gas sales company in the city of Suzhou, west of Shanghai. The report says nine survivors were being treated in hospitals.

Xinhua says a preliminary investigation showed a gas leak caused the blast.

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