Two gas explosions in China

Fourteen   people were killed and 47 injured when a blast tore through a restaurant in northern China, state media said Saturday, with initial investigations pointing to a gas leak as the likely cause. The explosion occurred in the city of Jinzhong in Shanxi province, which lies to the west of Beijing, on Friday evening, the official Xinhua news agency said. The blast shattered windows of buildings near the two-storey restaurant, which served hot pot -- a popular Chinese kind of stew. Xinhua quoted local investigators as saying that 17 of the injured were in a serious condition. In another incident Eighteen people were killed and five others remain trapped underground today after a gas explosion rocked a mine pit in southwest China's Guizhou Province. The accident took place at the Xiangshui Coal Mine in Panxian County of the coal-rich Liupanshui City. In all 28 miners were trapped underground when the accident happened, according to provincial government and Panjiang group sources.Eighteen were killed in the accident.Five miners had been rescued while five others still remained trapped.Rescuers were searching for them, state-run news agency reported.