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20 buried as explosion topples 3-story building in E China

（Xinhua）  09:16, June 12, 2013  

A press conference is held by the local government after an explosion toppled a three-story building in Suzhou City, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 11, 2013. Twenty people who were buried following an explosion of the staff canteen had been found. Eleven of them died in hospital, while the remaining nine are still receiving treatment in two local hospitals, according to the press briefing. A preliminary investigation showed that the blast was caused by a gas leak. (Xinhua/Shen Peng)

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（Editor：HuangBeibei、Chen Lidan）

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