4 dead in gas explosion at restaurant in NW China (AP)

BEIJING ? An explosion has killed at least four people and injured another 19 in a city in northwestern China.

The official Xinhua News Agency says the explosion happened Monday morning in Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province.

It quoted a witness as saying the blast was caused by a natural gas explosion in a restaurant. The explosion knocked windows out as far a mile (about two kilometers) away.

Photos online showed the front of a building had been blown into a street where there were several bodies covered in blue plastic.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/china/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111114/ap_on_re_as/as_china_explosion

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