22 people dead, 10 injured in NW China firecracker blast

By APP

Beijing : Twenty-two people were killed and 10 others injured in a firecracker explosion in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Wednesday, the official media reported.


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According to Xinhua, the accident happened at about 7:00 p.m. when the city authorities of Turpan were destroying firecrackers on a desert seven to eight kilometers from the Turpan tollgate, local officials said.

The injured have been rushed to hospital, fire has been extinguished and investigation is underway.

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