Seven missing after truck explosion in NW China

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Seven people are missing after a truck for transporting explosives blew up on Tuesday night in a village in Shangluo City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, according to local authorities.

The cause of the explosion, which took place at 11:50 p.m. local time, has not been immediately clear.

The incident also injured 13 people, which have been hospitalized and are now receiving treatment.

(CGTN)