5 killed in residential explosions

Gas suspected as dual blasts destroy building; 259 people are resettled

Five people were killed and another 25 were injured in two powerful explosions that ripped through an apartment building in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Saturday.

The blasts happened at around 2 pm in a multistory residential building, which was connected to two others, in the Xiangyang residential community in Tumd Right Banner, Baotou city.