Nine dead in China gas explosion

An explosion in a restaurant in a tourist city in north-western China on Monday killed at least nine people and injured another 34, state media said. The explosion happened at the start of the morning rush hour in a fast-food restaurant in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province and home to China's ancient terra cotta warriors, according to a report on the website of the Xi'an Daily, which is run by the Communist Party's local propaganda department.
The official Xinhua News Agency said an initial investigation blamed a liquified petroleum gas leak. The explosion knocked out windows as far as a mile (about two kilometres) away.