Blast kills 2, injures 4 in Hebei

Two were killed and four others were injured in a blast at 6 am on Monday morning at a residential community in Shijiazhuang city, North China's Hebei province, local authorities said.

The blast is believed to have been caused by a natural gas leakage at a household in a community where workers of Hebei Medical University and their families live, according to the publicity department of Changan district in Shijiazhuang.

The wounded have been sent to local hospitals. Investigations are underway.