Blast kills seven at sport complex

Friday, September 6, 2002

MOSCOW -- A fire and explosion killed seven workers and injured three others during repairs at a sports complex in the industrial Volga River city of Togliatti, officials said. Polyurethane caught fire while workers were renovating a building at the complex and that welding fuel canisters exploded, an emergency official said.

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