Taiyuan (ANTARA News/Xinhua-OANA) - An explosion at a restaurant in north China`s Shanxi Province on Friday evening killed at least eight people and injured another 37, local authorities said.

The explosion took place at 7:52 p.m. and then triggered a fire at the hotpot restaurant in Shouyang County of Jinzhong, the local sources said.

The injured were sent to hospital and eight of them went home after medical treatment.

Police had evacuated residents near the restaurant.

An investigation is conducted to determine the cause of the explosion.
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