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Second blast during Lunar New Year leaves 12 dead in Xiangyang

Updated on: 19 February,2026 09:03 AM IST  |  Beijing
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A fireworks shop explosion in Xiangyang, Hubei province, killed 12 people during Lunar New Year celebrations. Investigators are probing the cause of the blast. Earlier this week, a similar explosion in Jiangsu province claimed eight lives and injured two

Second blast during Lunar New Year leaves 12 dead in Xiangyang

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An explosion at a fireworks shop in China’s Hubei province on Wednesday killed 12 people in the second such explosion as the country celebrates the Lunar New Year.

Investigators are now looking into the cause of the explosion at the fireworks shop in the town of Xiangyang


On Sunday, another accident at a fireworks shop in eastern Jiangsu province killed eight people and injured two others.



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