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Conflict Incident Report

Several Hurt as Gas Canister Explodes at Ketermaya Bakery

Date of incident: 
March 8, 2015
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
2persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Civil Defense

Several people were injured Sunday when a gas cylinder accidentally exploded at a bakery in the Iqlim al-Kharroub town of Ketermaya, state-run National News Agency reported.

“A gas cylinder blew up inside al-Sayyed Bakery near the mosque of the town of Ketermaya, leaving several people injured,” NNA said.

The wounded were rushed to hospitals in the region as firefighting vehicles arrived on the scene to put out the resulting blaze, the agency added.

It said the blast also caused “extensive material damage.”

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Primary category: 
Explosion
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Other