Man injured in home gas explosion

By Ni Yinbin | June 9, 2009, Tuesday |

Online Edition

A NATURAL gas explosion rocked a residential community in Minhang District today, seriously injuring a middle-aged man who was rushed to Ruijin Hospital.

The blast occurred at about 6am at Room 201 Building 25 in a residential area on the intersection of Chunshen Road and Lianhua Road S. when most of the residents were sleeping.

Neighbors said that they heard a loud explosion and windows of nearby apartments shattered. Bits of furniture came flying through the windows of the room where the blast occurred and smashed onto a a car parked downstairs.

Xu Guosheng, the middle-aged man who was taken to Ruijin Hospital at 7am, suffered 76 percent burns to his skin. Ten percent of his burns were serious, said Niu Yiwen, a doctor at the hospital.

"Xu is in a serious condition," Niu told Shanghgai Daily.

The blast is being investigated.

Metro

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Man injured in home gas explosion

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