One was dead and three others were injured on Tuesday after a lab explosion in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, local authorities said.

The explosion took place at around 9 a.m. in a laboratory in Nanjing University of Science and Technology, toppling down the lab and shattering windows of houses nearby, according to the city's fire department.

Rescue work was underway, and the cause of the explosion is being investigated, local police said.

快訊:今天上午9時許,南京理工大學突發(fā)爆炸,威力巨大,波及數(shù)公里外的住宅小區(qū)。周邊的多數(shù)居民家中受損,玻璃破碎,也有汽車被砸受損。據(jù)當?shù)毓俜酵▓?,目前,該事故造成施工人員2名重傷,2名輕傷,其中一名重傷人員經(jīng)醫(yī)院搶救無效死亡。

據(jù)周邊多位居民向記者回憶說,今天早晨9點左右,在南理工方向的上空看到有很濃的煙霧,聽到巨大的爆炸聲,很多在家休五一假的居民被震醒,以為“地震”了,爆炸發(fā)生的瞬間,那種有很大震感的震動是非常嚇人。
從各方信息顯示,爆炸威力巨大,波及數(shù)公里外住宅小區(qū)

據(jù)當?shù)孛襟w現(xiàn)場了解,今天應該沒有學生在里面進行試驗,里面有一個炸藥庫在進行拆遷,拆遷時帶到了一根電線,因而引發(fā)爆炸。當時五名工人施工,爆炸后被埋,一人自己爬出廢墟報警。逸仙橋消防到場用手將四人刨出,其中一人已經(jīng)死亡,三人重傷。一位傷員被抬出來時,雙腳都是鮮血,昏迷不醒。目前爆炸現(xiàn)場已被封鎖,事故調(diào)查正在進行中。

(以上新聞摘自中新網(wǎng))