Blast in apartment in China kills 3

Three people were killed and four others were injured in a blast in an apartment in southwest China's Yunnan province today.

The blast, which occurred at around 2:30 am (local time), ripped through the fourth floor apartment on Ziyun Street in Chuxiong City, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The injured people have been hospitalised, and the cause of the explosion is under investigation.