<p>A gas explosion at a restaurant ripped through a busy street in a major Chinese city on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, state media reported.</p>.<p>Dramatic footage from a nearby car's dashboard camera, published by state media, showed a large cloud of smoke and dust erupting over the street, with people running to safety,</p>.<p>State broadcaster CCTV showed windows ripped out of several buildings in a street coated with dust and debris in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province in northern China.</p>.<p>Rescuers found three people dead and more than 30 injured, and the cause of the explosion is under investigation, the People's Daily reported.</p>.<p>Ambulances and fire engines lined the street after the blast as workers towed away destroyed cars and a smashed-in bus, the CCTV footage showed.</p>.<p>The blast occurred Thursday morning on the residential street, which is lined with businesses, official news agency Xinhua said.</p>.<p>Rescue work was still ongoing.</p>.<p>Investigators have "preliminarily determined that the explosion occurred within a commercial and residential building," Liaoning's emergency response authority said in a social media post.</p>.<p>Photos published by the Liaoning emergency services showed rescuers in hard hats surrounded by debris.</p>.<p>Stunned passersby were seen shaking shards of glass and debris off their clothes.</p>.<p>Gas explosions are common in China due to weak safety standards and poor enforcement.</p>.<p>A blast in June killed 25 people and injured more than a hundred others when a gas line exploded in a residential compound in central China's Hubei province.</p>.<p>Eight people, including the general manager of the company that owned the gas pipe, were later detained after authorities found "unsound" safety practices and serious defects in the pipe.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>
<p>A gas explosion at a restaurant ripped through a busy street in a major Chinese city on Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens, state media reported.</p>.<p>Dramatic footage from a nearby car's dashboard camera, published by state media, showed a large cloud of smoke and dust erupting over the street, with people running to safety,</p>.<p>State broadcaster CCTV showed windows ripped out of several buildings in a street coated with dust and debris in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province in northern China.</p>.<p>Rescuers found three people dead and more than 30 injured, and the cause of the explosion is under investigation, the People's Daily reported.</p>.<p>Ambulances and fire engines lined the street after the blast as workers towed away destroyed cars and a smashed-in bus, the CCTV footage showed.</p>.<p>The blast occurred Thursday morning on the residential street, which is lined with businesses, official news agency Xinhua said.</p>.<p>Rescue work was still ongoing.</p>.<p>Investigators have "preliminarily determined that the explosion occurred within a commercial and residential building," Liaoning's emergency response authority said in a social media post.</p>.<p>Photos published by the Liaoning emergency services showed rescuers in hard hats surrounded by debris.</p>.<p>Stunned passersby were seen shaking shards of glass and debris off their clothes.</p>.<p>Gas explosions are common in China due to weak safety standards and poor enforcement.</p>.<p>A blast in June killed 25 people and injured more than a hundred others when a gas line exploded in a residential compound in central China's Hubei province.</p>.<p>Eight people, including the general manager of the company that owned the gas pipe, were later detained after authorities found "unsound" safety practices and serious defects in the pipe.</p>.<p><strong>Watch the latest DH Videos here:</strong></p>