An explosion has hit the entrance of a kindergarten in eastern China.

Parents were waiting to collect their children, when the blast struck at 4.50pm at Chuangxin Kindergarten in Feng County, Xuzhou.

According to Daily Apple, 40 people have been rushed to hospital. Unfortunately there has been a number of fatalities. The exact number has not been confirmed.

Photos on social media show crowds of people laying on the ground, some of them covered in blood, after the explosion.

It is not yet known what caused the blast.

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