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12 killed in Egypt chemical plant blast: security source
CAIRO, March 21, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least 12 people were killed Thursday
after a gas tank exploded at an Egyptian fertiliser factory on the Red Sea
coast, according to a security source.
No final numbers of the casualties in Ain Sokhna have been officially
confirmed, but medical sources told AFP 10 bodies had been received at a
nearby morgue following an incident. Egypt’s official news agency MENA said a
total of 15 have been killed and wounded.
BSS/AFP/ARS/2024 hrs