Three persons were today killed and over a dozen others injured when a firecracker warehouse exploded in north China's Hebei Province.
The accident occurred in Ningjin County this morning, the government said.
The explosion shattered nearly all the glass windows at a residential building close to the factory.
A flour factory located about one kilometre away from the warehouse also had its windows broken, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The explosion injured more than a dozen people.
Investigators are looking into the cause of the explosion, it said.
