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Four persons killed in explosion

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: Four persons were killed in an explosion at a temporary shed in which explosive substances were stored illegally, in Devanahalli police station limits in Bangalore Rural district. The incident is said to have taken place late on Wednesday night or in the early hours of Thursday. It came to light around 8.30 a.m. on Thursday and the police reached the spot an hour later.

The police said the victims could be quarry workers and that the explosion could have occurred while they were preparing gelatine sticks in a crude manner using sulphur, phosphorous and other chemicals. Three bags containing chemicals have been seized from the spot.

The explosion occurred at the shed built on an agricultural land in Naraganahalli village on Chikkajala-Devanahalli Road, around 40 km from Bangalore.

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