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Urgent: 25 injured in factory boiler blast in Pakistan

Xinhua, January 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 25 people were injured when a factory roof collapsed following the explosion of a boiler in eastern Pakistan's Gujranwala district on Wednesday afternoon, local Urdu TV channel Abb Takk reported.

An unknown number of people are believed trapped inside the collapsed building, said the report. Enditem