Five killed in Peru explosion
December 8th, 2009 - 2:24 am ICT by IANS ( Leave a comment )Lima, Dec 8 (DPA) Five people were killed Monday in an explosion and subsequent fire at their home in Lima that was apparently caused by fireworks, police said.
The home in a slum of Lima’s San Juan de Miraflores district was apparently being used to store gunpowder set to be sold over Christmas and New Year’s.
Fireworks are typically used in Latin America, as in other parts of the world, during year-end celebrations.
The victims, who included a three-year-old girl, were reportedly part of the same family.
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