According to the official micro-blog of the Office of the People's Government of the West Lake District of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, a fire broke out at 8:40 a.m. on July 21 at 1185 Guyu Road. At present, the fire has been put out, the accident has caused 2 deaths and 55 injuries, of which 12 people are seriously injured, the injured have been sent to seven hospitals. The cause of the accident is under further investigation.

At about 11:30 a.m., Red Star News learned from the emergency department of Litongde Hospital in Zhejiang Province that more than a dozen injured people had been sent to the hospital's emergency department, the oldest of whom was 68 years old and the youngest 23 years old.

A resident who lives opposite the scene of the explosion told Red Star News that she happened to be in her shop when the explosion occurred, "the explosion was loud, and then the fire sprang out, when buses and taxis passed the shop door, all blown up, the car glass was broken." The scene of chaos, people ran out not long, and then a secondary explosion, sound not small, passers-by were injured. The glass in my shop was broken, the product fell and was broken, and now the cordon is pulled up and the surrounding merchants are cleared. "

The resident said the explosion was a wild fish restaurant, has been open for more than a decade, business has been good, they often go to eat. Red Star news reporters through the restaurant's web page, the restaurant has two floors, the store is relatively large.

A female owner of a nearby shop told Red Star News that the shop is located at 1185 Guyu Road, called the Yuno Fish Hall, where the fire started in the kitchen on the 1st floor, the shop has more than one large gas canister, the specific cause of the fire is not clear. "The owner of this shop is from Zhejiang, people are very good, I go to dinner every time to talk to the boss a few words." She said, "My heart is very uncomfortable, today's most moved is how we around the business how to cooperate, some people silently to law enforcement officials to send water, we do not care how their shop, are concerned about the scene of injury and help rescue, warm in the heart." "