Explosion in southern India kills at least 15

NEW DELHI. November 16. KAZINFORM At least 15 people were killed and some 20 injured in a large explosion at a house in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, the Press Trust of India said on Monday; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

According to preliminary reports, a cooking gas cylinder exploded at the home of a local entrepreneur, causing a fire that triggered the blast of an illegal store of explosives.

The man was using his house, which was destroyed in the blast, to keep nitroglycerin sticks that he hoped to resell to local mining companies. Some 15 neighboring houses were also razed to the ground in the blast; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.

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