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Explosion at an apartment building in Harbin, China

Type of event:
Chemical spill or incident

Victims

1

Wounded

3

Date

May 23, 2024

What happened

One person was killed and three others sustained injuries in an explosion that occurred in a residential building in Harbin, the capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Local authorities have attributed the blast to an explosion of a gas tank. According to the district’s government, the incident occurred at approximately 7 a.m. in the building in Harbin’s Xiangfang District.

Where it happened

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