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UPDATED: 08:18, December 10, 2004
Railway carriage with firecracker explodes, injuring 18 people incentral China
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A railway carriage with firecrackers exploded in central China's Hunan Province on Thursday, injuring 18 people, local police said on Friday.

The railway carriage exploded at the suburbs of Changsha, the provincial capital at 9:00 p.m. and injured 18 workers who repaired the rails at the site. Two of them were seriously injured and rushed to a local hospital.

The explosion also caused a fire, which was brought under control by the press time.

Source: Xinhua


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