Photo Flash | Four dead, nine injured in southwest China's blast at highway tunnel construction site

Xinhua
31 Mar 2026, 12:15 GMT+10

(260331) -- CHONGQING, March 31, 2026 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 31, 2026 shows the construction site of a tunnel, a section of the national highway linking Hubei and Sichuan provinces, in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

Four people were killed and nine others were injured in a blast that ripped through a highway tunnel under construction in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Monday afternoon, local authorities said on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

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