An explosion triggered by self-ignition of "waste" explosives rocked a police station in east China's Lishui City on Sunday, but no casualties were reported.
The blast occurred at about 8:03 am local time in a "waste explosive" warehouse on the sixth floor of the building housing the Public Security Bureau of Qingtian County in Zhejiang province, local police said.
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Some window glasses of the building were also shattered due to the explosion, state-run Xinhua news agency reported, quoting witnesses.
An initial probe showed that the blast was caused due to self-ignition of the waste explosives confiscated earlier by police.
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