Fireworks blast kills three in Siberia
Published 29 Dec, 2007 13:19 | Updated 29 Dec, 2007 16:19Three people have been killed in a blast at a dock yard in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. The explosion went off in a fireworks warehouse, where up to 400 kilograms of pyrotechnics were kept.
Experts are trying to discover what caused the blast.
The incident comes as the Russian government is preparing a draft law regulating the fireworks market.
It is hoped the new law will limit the number of low-quality fireworks in the country and prevent their misuse.
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