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Central China wholesale market explosion kills two

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-07-08 11:32

CHANGSHA: Two people died in a vegetable wholesale market explosion on Wednesday morning in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, according to official sources.

The explosion took place at the Red Star Vegetable Wholesale Market. The police started to probe the explosion.

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