Explosion at a firework disposal Dubai
At least 22 people have been killed in an explosion at a firework disposal site in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, officials said.
The incident took place at around 7.00 p.m. Wednesday, when authorities in Turpan city were destroying eight truckloads of fireworks in the Gobi desert, some seven kilometres from the Turpan tollgate of national highway 202.
The fire that has so far spared residential areas, has engulfed 20 other warehouses due to persistent winds, carrying black smoke kilometres away.
Officials said a fire triggered by the explosion was quickly put out. More than 100 firemen, rescuers and medics were involved.
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