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16 killed in firecracker storehouse explosion
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-01-30 08:53
People get together
to watch fireworks displayed for celebration of the new year.
[file] | Sixteen people were killed and some
people were injured in a firecracker storehouse explosion Sunday afternoon in
Central China's Henan Province, source with the local government said.
The explosion occurred between 4 and 5 p.m. Sunday in Linqi Town of Linzhou
City, according to a local official in charge of work safety.
The storehouse was ignited by fireworks, the official said, noting that 16
people attending a temple fair nearby were killed on the spot. But the number of
the injured was not available.
The injured people were sent to local hospitals for treatment, said the
official. Officials rushed to the site for rescue operations.
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