The explosion occurred at approximately 8: 40 pm on Wednesday at Fuyang Barbecue Restaurant on a busy street in Xingqing district of Yinchuan, the regional capital, when liquefied petroleum gas leaked from the restaurant.
Prices for industrial consumption products rose 0.8 percent from January, fueled by high global energy costs. The prices of gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas went up 6.2, 6.7 and 1.3 percent, respectively.