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2 dead, 10+ injured in office explosion in central China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-30 19:13

CHANGSHA - At least two people were killed and more than 10 injured Friday afternoon in an explosion at a local taxation office building in Changsha City, capital of central China's Hunan Province.

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The explosion went off on the third floor of a branch of Furong District's taxation office on Hengda Road near a downtown residential block at about 4:15 pm, according to a statement from Hunan's publicity department.

The injured were immediately rushed to the hospital and the police were investigating the cause of the explosion, it added.