A cesspool filled with excrement exploded in a central Chinese city, injuring 15 people and toppling a building.
The explosion took place when a man was burning waste outside his derelict house near the cesspool yesterday in Yongding district in Hunan province, police said.
The fire ignited the methane emanated from the pit and caused the blast, injuring 15 people, police said.
A residential building collapsed and four others were damaged in the blast, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
The injured people have been hospitalised.
