Workers repair an electricity pylon in Amritsar in April: India's transmission system is in poor shape. - AFP/file
New Delhi (AFP) - At least 13 people including a pregnant woman were killed when an electricity transformer exploded outside a wedding ceremony in western India, police said Wednesday.
Dozens of guests had assembled for the ceremony outside a family home in the western state of Rajasthan when the transformer exploded, spewing hot oil and metal shards.
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