At least 3 killed, 14 injured in building explosion in northeast Brazil
SAO PAULO, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and 14 others injured in an explosion that occurred Sunday in an apartment building in northeast Brazil, the local Fire Brigade reported Monday.
The explosion occurred in a 44-apartment building in the city of Aracaju, capital of the state of Sergipe, due to a gas leak from a cylinder inside a kitchen, the report said.
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