Blast leaves 35 wounded
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Daily News with wires
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Mayıs 16, 2009 00:00
ISTANBUL - Thirty-five people, including four policemen, were injured in an explosion in a three-story building in the central Turkish province of Eskişehir, the Anatolia news agency reported Friday.
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Firefighters extinguished the blaze that was triggered by the blast in a parquetry store on the ground floor of the building, the agency said. The agency had earlier said the blast had occurred in a patisserie. The injured, most suffering from smoke inhalation, have all been hospitalized.
The blast is believed to have stemmed from chemical-based products stored on the premises that are used in laying flooring, Eskişehir Governor Mehmet Kılıçlar said in a statement. The head of the provincial fire department, however, later said the blast was due to a gas leak.