Multiple explosions rocked a 30-story building in northeast China on Friday, 25 January, killing at least one person.The blast happened about 3:20 pm on the 30th floor of the Wanda Plaza Apartment Building in Changchun, provincial capital of China's Jilin province, official media reported.
Chinese police say investigators have concluded an explosion in an apartment building in the country's northeast was set off by a man killed in the blast.
The city government of Changchun said on Saturday on its social media account that the man identified only his surname, Guo, also set off an explosion in the building's underground parking lot.
The Changchun city authorities said on Friday, 25 January, that they will be treating the multiple explosions as part of a criminal case.
"Preliminary investigations by public security agencies show that this is a criminal case, work to handle the situation is proceeding in an orderly manner," said the city authorities on their Weibo account.
The Changchun city government, in a statement released after the blasts, only mentioned explosions that had taken place on the 30th floor of the Wanda Plaza apartment building on Hongqi Street.
"After the incident, provincial leaders immediately ordered rescue work to be carried out. Changchun firefighting department, emergency medical teams, gas companies and electricity companies went to the scene immediately," the statement said.
