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Tue 06 Jun 200913 die in Italian train explosion
At least 13 people were killed and 40 injured when two freight train containers carrying liquefied petroleum gas exploded at a railway station in northern Italy, officials said.
About 1,000 people were evacuated following the blast just before midnight yesterday in the Tuscan seaside town of Viareggio, about 350 km (220 miles) north of Rome.
Thirty-seven people were serious injured, with 15 of them in critical condition, including a 2-year-old who was badly burned and was being transferred to a hospital in Florence, rescue workers said. Three children were among the dead.
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