Nine people have been detained over an explosion at a barbecue restaurant in north-west China which has killed at least 31 people.
A gas leak is suspected to have caused the explosion in Yinchuan city on Wednesday night local time.
President Xi Jinping has called for “all-out efforts” in the rescue and an investigation into the blast.
The owner of the Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant was among those in custody, state media reported.
An explosion at a barbecue restaurant in China's Yinchuan has claimed the lives of 31 people, according to local authorities. #GLOBALink pic.twitter.com/OYRLOAJDuA
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