This is reported by the Global Times newspaper.
"A gas explosion at a restaurant in Shenyang, northeastern China, affected 99 buildings, 1,858 households and 93 stores," the publication said on Twitter.
It also clarifies that the authorities have still not been able to establish the exact cause of the explosion.
At the moment, it is known about four dead.
Earlier it was reported about a gas explosion in one of the apartments of a residential building in Kazakhstan's Kokshetau, two people were hospitalized with injuries.