cnn world center. >> thank you very much. i want to bring you up to date on a developing story out of china. state media reporting at least 12 people are dead after a gas explosion in hubei province sunday morning. officials say 150 have been rescued from the rubble, including 37 with serious injuries. the cause of the explosion is unknown. kristie lu stark joins me from hong kong with the latest. we're still trying to piece together what happened and how many fatalities, but cau us through what you know. >> reporter: this is what we know, a massive gas pipe explosion has ripped through a neighborhood area in the central chinese province of hubei, taken the lives of at least 12 people, 140 found by rescue workers so far, 37 are called to be severely injured. this incident, this explosion, took place 6:30 a.m. local time.