Death toll rises to 9 in east China restaurant gas explosion

Rescuers work at the site of a gas explosion in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 13, 2019. Nine people are dead and 10 are injured as a gas explosion ripped apart a restaurant in east China's Jiangsu Province Sunday, local authorities said. The gas explosion happened at around 11 a.m. at a street snack bar among a row of three-story shops in Xishan District in the city of Wuxi, according to the city's publicity department. (Xinhua/Li Bo)