SHANGHAI: A major explosion hit China’s megaport city of Ningbo on Sunday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and wrecking buildings, state media and local authorities said.

The Ningbo government said on a social media account that the blast occurred in a “vacant lot” but it did not provide details about what may have caused it.

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