Republik Jemen / Republic of Yemen

2010

Taiz/South Yemen. Nine people were killed and 15 others injured when a firework store exploded. (Earlier, witnesses said nearly 20 people died.) The pre-dawn explosion occurred inside a store of one of the residential complexes in Almasbah district destroying the four-storey building and causing other big material losses. Four buildings near the store were also badly damaged. The number of victims was likely to increase as rescuers were continuing the search for other bodies or survivors. - Late in the evening, the death toll from the blast rose to 10 after one of the injured died in hospital. 2.3.2010

Source:

"Yemen firework blast kills at least 7", 2.3.2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/02/c_13193891.htm

"Deaths in Yemen building collapse", 2.3.2010, http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/03/2010326058138672.html

"Yemeni fireworks store explosion kills nine" (with pictures), 2.3.2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-03/02/c_13193891.htm

"Investigations underway into deadly Yemen fireworks blast", 3.3.2010, http://www.yemenpost.net/Detail123456789.aspx?ID=3&SubID=1934&MainCat=3 

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