Three missing after Huludao gas explosion

Three people are missing after a suspected liquefied gas leak triggered a flash explosion in a residential building in Huludao's Nanpiao district, Liaoning province on Monday morning.

Fire and rescue services dispatched 95 personnel and 14 fire trucks to the scene, where eight people had sustained minor injuries, according to a statement from the city's fire rescue bureau.

Search operations are ongoing for the missing, while the injured have been taken to hospital, the bureau said.

The cause of the incident is under investigation.