GILGIT (Pakistan): More than 50 people were killed and around 70 injured yesterday when explosives used in road works caught fire and detonated in a northern Pakistan village, causing several homes to collapse, officials and witnesses said.
Police said an electric short circuit triggered a pre-dawn fire in a house in Gayal village, 168km south of here, which spread to a nearby building where the explosives were being stored.
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