Eight people were killed and six other injured after a truck exploded at a gas station Tuesday afternoon in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local authorities said.


Photo taken on June 14, 2011 shows the explosion scene at a gas station in Binyang County of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Eight people were killed and six other injured after a truck exploded at a gas station at about 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, two among the injured were severely wounded. The fire has already been put out and no further details have been available so far. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
The fire from the blast engulfed cars inside the station and its nearby parking lot in the Litang Township of Binyang County, said a spokesman with the county government's information office.


Two among the injured were severely wounded, said the spokesman.


The fire has already been put out, he said. No further details have been available so far.


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