Blast in Apartment Building Kills 21
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Explosives intended for making fireworks detonated in an apartment building, killing 21 people and injuring more than two dozen others, state media reported. The explosion Friday in central Jiangxi province leveled the five-story structure and shattered windows in buildings as far as 660 feet away, the government’s New China News Agency reported. The blast took place as independent fireworks maker Huang Yuexiang was unloading 2 tons of explosives.
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