Czechoslovak Chemical Blast Kills 1, Hurts 12
<i> Associated Press</i>
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia —
An explosion and fire at a chemical plant killed one person and seriously burned 12 others, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
The explosion and fire Monday at the plant in Zilina, about 100 miles northeast of Bratislava, caused no significant leakage of toxic gas, the daily Prace reported.
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