India, Feb. 18 -- An explosion at a fireworks shop in China's Xiangyang city killed 12 people on Wednesday, Chinese state media reported.

The latest explosion is second such explosion as the country celebrates the Lunar New Year. The cause of the explosion is yet to be known.

The blast occurred at around 2pm (local time) on Wednesday at Zhengji town in Xiangyang city of Hubei province, Xinhua news agency reported. The explosion reportedly affected an area in the radius of around 50 square meters.

Emergency services were rushed to the site and the flames from the explosion were extinguished at around 3:30pm (local time), the report said.

A similar fire-related incident was reported on Sunday when a fireworks shop in eastern Jiangsu pro...