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Fireworks factory explosion kills 19 in Vietnam

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An explosion Saturday at a military-run fireworks factory in northern Vietnam killed at least 19 workers and injured dozens of others, officials and state media said.

 

Tran Minh Khanh, deputy director of the provincial health department, said the morning explosion injured more than 90 workers, many of them seriously. The bodies of 19 workers were pulled from the wreckage, state media said. (AP)

 

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