Xi urges all-out rescue work after blast By CAO DESHENG and AYBEK ASKHAR | CHINA DAILY | Updated: 2021-06-14 07:12 Share CLOSE Rescue operations are underway after a gas explosion in Shiyan, Hubei province, on Sunday morning left 12 people dead and well over 100 injured. [Photo/China Daily] President calls for concrete actions to protect people's lives and to uphold social stability President Xi Jinping ordered all-out efforts to rescue the injured and asked the authorities to console the families of the casualties shortly after a gas explosion occurred in Shiyan, Hubei province, on Sunday morning. The accident, which occurred at a marketplace near a residential community in the city of Shiyan, has left 12 people dead and 37 seriously injured.