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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

An explosion following a lightning strike in the Uzbek capital kills 1 person and injures 162

Uzbekistan's Emergency Ministry Press Service

A powerful explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, killed a teenage boy Thursday and injured at least 162 people following a fire caused by a lightning strike, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health said.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations said the explosion happened early in the morning at a warehouse in southern Tashkent but did not say what was inside it to cause the powerful blast which it said was attended by 16 fire crews.

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