BEIJING (Sputnik) — A total of 3 people were killed and several injured as a result of an explosion in a high-rise building in China’s Harbin city, northeast Heilongjiang province, local media reported on Tuesday.

According to the Xinhua news agency, the explosion occurred at about 4:40 a.m. local time [20:40 GMT], breaking windows and damaging three floors of the building.

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