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According to China News report, at 7:35 a.m. on July 24^th in Beijing, during the rush hour in the morning, a blast occurred in a bakery near a bus stop of Guangminglou Middle Street, Dongcheng District of Beijing. So far, the severe blast has caused 21 casualties, including 2 deaths, 4 severely injured, and 15 lightly injured.

The eyewitnesses around the scene said, there were some street vendors who were selling breakfast next to the bakery store, and at that time when blast occurred, many people were buying breakfast on their way to work.

Eyewitnesses claimed that after the explosion occurred, the entire windows of the bakery were blasted off by the shock waves from the explosion. According to investigation of Beijing Fire Department, this accident was caused by gas explosion. So far, the fire has been put out. And firefighters have removed two 50kg liquefied petroleum gas tanks out of the bakery in order to prevent further explosion. According to information from Beijing Police, they have basically dismissed the possibility that the accident was a man-made explosion.