{"id":385,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:40","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:40","slug":"at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"At Least 8 Killed &#038; 65 Injured In China Kindergarten Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>An explosion outside a \u00adkindergarten in Jiangsu province in eastern China killed at least eight people and injured another 65, authorities said as they searched for the cause of the blast at 4:50 pm on Thursday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>An explosion outside a \u00adkindergarten in Jiangsu province in eastern China killed at least eight people and injured another 65, authorities said as they searched for the cause of the blast&nbsp;at 4:50 pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FvWHk5dT0D8IYEqHlY-yQmGB-MdB?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"570.8951841359774\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/#A_photo_posted_online_showing_victims_of_the_blast_at_the_school_in_Feng_county_in_Jiangsu_province_Photo_JSTV\" title=\"A photo posted online showing victims of the blast at the school in Feng county in Jiangsu province. Photo: JSTV\">A photo posted online showing victims of the blast at the school in Feng county in Jiangsu province. Photo: JSTV<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/#Photo_JSTV\" title=\"Photo: JSTV\">Photo: JSTV<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/#Photo_JSTV-2\" title=\"Photo: JSTV\">Photo: JSTV<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/#Forensic_and_other_experts_work_at_the_explosion_site_Photo_Xinhua\" title=\"Forensic and other experts work at the explosion site.&nbsp; Photo: Xinhua\">Forensic and other experts work at the explosion site.&nbsp; Photo: Xinhua<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/#Medical_workers_transfer_an_injured_man_to_hospital_after_an_explosion_at_the_gate_of_a_kindergarten_in_Fengxian_county_Jiangsu_province_on_June_15_2017_At_least_seven_people_were_killed_and_66_others_injured_Photo_Xinhua\" title=\"Medical workers transfer an injured man to hospital after an explosion at the gate of a kindergarten in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province on June 15, 2017. At least seven people were killed and 66 others injured. Photo: Xinhua\">Medical workers transfer an injured man to hospital after an explosion at the gate of a kindergarten in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province on June 15, 2017. At least seven people were killed and 66 others injured. Photo: Xinhua<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/at-least-8-killed-65-injured-in-china-kindergarten-blast\/#Forensic_and_other_experts_work_at_the_explosion_site_Photo_Xinhua-2\" title=\"Forensic and other experts work at the explosion site.&nbsp; Photo: Xinhua\">Forensic and other experts work at the explosion site.&nbsp; Photo: Xinhua<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_photo_posted_online_showing_victims_of_the_blast_at_the_school_in_Feng_county_in_Jiangsu_province_Photo_JSTV\"><\/span>A photo posted online showing victims of the blast at the school in Feng county in Jiangsu province. Photo: JSTV<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cAt about 5pm, we heard a blast and thought it might have been a gas explosion at a nearby food vendor,\u201d a local shop owner was quoted as saying by online news portal Sohu. \u201cMany people might be dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"\">Another shop owner near the kindergarten, who declined to be identified, told the Post the blast happened a few minutes before the kindergarten opened its doors to allow parents inside to collect their children.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_JSTV\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fu5nsLJ76ZdJY1gvVLk27CrB4V2A?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"777.8733509234828\" title=\"\">Photo: JSTV<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cThe parents were all queueing up at the school gate at the time,\u201d the shop owner said.<\/p>\n<p>Because the explosion happened just outside the school grounds, the pupils waiting inside classrooms would probably have been shielded from injury, he said.<\/p>\n<p>His daughter attended the school and was later taken home safely by her grandfather, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Many cooked food stalls operated outside the kindergarten and a gas cylinder might have caused the explosion, he said.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_JSTV-2\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrOBTIe8gyI2TD6QtSP8Xt977AwS?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"740.1392190152801\" title=\"\">Photo: JSTV<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>A suspect has been identified in an explosion. Police were investigating the explosion as a criminal act and said they had &#8220;targeted&#8221; a suspect, Xinhua News Agency reported. It was unclear if the suspect was apprehended and no potential motive was provided.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forensic_and_other_experts_work_at_the_explosion_site_Photo_Xinhua\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Ft_3S79X1WJNLlR5n1FbvwNRa6ox?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"405.0967741935484\" title=\"\">Forensic and other experts work at the explosion site.&nbsp; Photo: Xinhua<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Medical_workers_transfer_an_injured_man_to_hospital_after_an_explosion_at_the_gate_of_a_kindergarten_in_Fengxian_county_Jiangsu_province_on_June_15_2017_At_least_seven_people_were_killed_and_66_others_injured_Photo_Xinhua\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FgKwqPaU7oXUVf-QJhN2PfmYVYMM?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"456.8760611205433\" title=\"\">Medical workers transfer an injured man to hospital after an explosion at the gate of a kindergarten in Fengxian county, Jiangsu province on June 15, 2017. At least seven people were killed and 66 others injured. Photo: Xinhua<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlIoJfEGMADNK89cTObCtTDCl_R6?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"347.2258064516129\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Forensic_and_other_experts_work_at_the_explosion_site_Photo_Xinhua-2\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"9.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fu-h3UEJMZhHGH6VS3Q_b5GH2xvO?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"598\" height=\"409.1578947368421\" title=\"\">Forensic and other experts work at the explosion site.&nbsp; Photo: Xinhua<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An explosion outside a \u00adkindergarten in Jiangsu province in eastern China killed at least eight people and injured another 65, authorities said as they searched for the cause of the &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}