A natural gas leak from a pipeline has left five dead and
another one in a critical condition in Suzhou, a city in east
China's Jiangsu Province.
Five people - three men, a woman and a boy - were found dead on
Thursday afternoon in a garage in Sanyuansan Village in Suzhou
City, police said.
Investigations showed that the gas had come from a leaking
pipeline.
An elderly woman fell ill from gas poisoning in another garage
within the same building Thursday morning and is receiving
emergency treatment in hospital. She is still in a critical
condition, hospital sources said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 23, 2007)