Man dies as he makes bombona gas bottle explode in Córdoba

Man dies as he makes bombona gas bottle explode in Córdoba
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By h.b. - Oct 14, 2008 - 6:58 AM
Two flats were destroyed in the blast and 60 people have had to be evacuated from their homes.

A man has died in an explosion in Córdoba at 2145 last night. Reports say the blast destroyed at least two homes and part of the façade of a building in the Pozoblanco area of the city, and in addition to the fatality five people have been slightly injured. A fire took hold after the blast.

It seems that the man to die had previously threatened on several occasions to make a ‘bombona’ gas bottle explode.
Some 60 people have been evacuated from their homes.

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