The death toll rose to 25 on Monday evening with 37 people in critical condition from Sunday morning’s gas explosion in Shiyan, Central China’s Hubei Province.

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Rescuers found 13 more dead after 6:30 pm Sunday, according to the provincial emergency response authority at a press conference held on late Monday.

The provincial government has deployed more than 2,000 armed police, firefighters and rescuers to Zhangwan district of the northwestern Hubei Province city.