Explosion in building outside Beijing kills one person and injures 22

Rescuers were responding to a suspected gas leak explosion on Wednesday in a building in northern China (Ng Han Guan/AP)

A suspected gas leak explosion in a building in northern China has killed one person and injured 22, authorities said.

The explosion came early in the morning from a fried chicken shop in the city of Sanhe, authorities said in a short statement. The city is an hour drive west of Beijing.