Harbin Apartment Explosion Rocks Downtown Streets

A five-story apartment building in Harbin, China, experienced an explosion early Thursday morning. Occurring at the intersection of Xiangshun and Gongbin streets, the incident reported no immediate casualties. Witnesses state the explosion occurred shortly after 7 a.m., according to Chinese state media.

An explosion occurred at a five-story apartment building in China's Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, with no immediate reports of casualties, according to Chinese state media on Thursday morning.

Witnesses told Xinhua news that the explosion happened after 7 a.m. (2300 GMT) at a building located at the intersection between Xiangshun and Gongbin streets in downtown Harbin.