Two people were killed and seven injured in a mine blast in east China's Fujian Province Tuesday, local authorities said. Explosives in a Shunchang county's mine went off at 9:35 a.m., killing two at the scene and injuring seven others, Xinhua quoted the county's government as saying in a statement. Two with eye injuries were rushed to a hospital in the provincial capital Fuzhou and the other five went to Shunchang County Hospital, it said. Police are investigating the incident.