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The Pinakota road-work explosion

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A report aired Oct. 25 says the reported death toll from the Pinakota roadwork-site explosion and fire has risen from five to seven; a schoolteacher was among those killed and two vehicles were destroyed. Police described an accidental fire during fuel transfer, leaving the cause and reliable casualty count unsettled; the earlier account of an explosives misfire is no longer established.

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  1. Update 1Seven reported dead in Pinakota roadwork fire as police account shifts

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  1. Update 1

    Seven reported dead in Pinakota roadwork fire as police account shifts

    A schoolteacher is among those reported killed near Pinakota. A preliminary fuel-transfer account has displaced the early explosives-misfire explanation, but the final cause remains unresolved.

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