2 dead, 25 injured in Chinese building explosion HARBIN, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least two people were killed and another 25 were injured after an explosion early Thursday morning in a residential building in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, local authorities said. Police in the province's Jixi City received reports at about 5:26 a.m. that an explosion had occurred at a building in Longshan International Community, according to the municipal government. One person died at the scene and another died on the way to the hospital. A number of apartments were also damaged in the explosion, according to the government. Seventeen people were hospitalized and another eight are under medical observation, according to the government. A natural gas leak probably contributed to the explosion, according to an initial investigation by rescuers. The fire has been extinguished, and rescue work is under way. The cause of the accident is being investigated. S China explosion kills 2, injures at least 34 9 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and at least 34 injured in an explosion near a school in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Monday morning. A man and a woman were killed outright, and the injured, including 26 school children and two infants, were taken to hospital, according to a statement issued by the region's health department. Fatal N China explosion covered up: authorities BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- A subsidiary of the China Railway Tunnel Group purposefully concealed a fatal railway tunnel explosion that occurred on Dec. 25 in north China's Shanxi Province, the State Council's Work Safety Committee said Thursday. Eight people were killed and five were injured in the explosion, which occurred on a section of railway tunnel that was under construction, the committee said in a statement.