Today (14th) evening, the Hubei Provincial People's Government Information Office held a press conference to inform the progress of rescue and disposal of gas explosion accident in Zhangwan District, Shiyan City.
According to the introduction by the Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Hubei Provincial Emergency Management Department, based on the 12 victims in the search and rescue yesterday, another 6 people were searched and rescued from 18:30 on the 13th to 1:30 am on the 14th, and around 9 am on the 14th. 2 people were searched and rescued, and 5 people were searched and rescued at around 12:30 noon, none of them had vital signs.
So far, the accident has caused 25 deaths.
The search and rescue at the scene is still continuing.
(CCTV reporter Ni Jingyi)