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47 die in China blast

TAIYUAN (CHINA): The death toll in a blast caused by privately stored explosives in China's Shanxi Province has risen to 47 while more than 20 others were injured, rescuers said. The explosion took place around 6:30 a.m. on Friday in a villager's home in Dongzhai village, Ningwu county, local police sources confirmed. Preliminary investigation suggests that a fire was blamed for triggering the explosion. A worker with the Ningwu county committee of the Communist Party of China said that in the beginning, one villager's home suddenly caught fire, many villagers then rushed to help extinguish the fire while others gathered to watch the burning house. — Xinhua

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