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7,000kg explosives stored against 15-kg limit, says Mundathikode blast report

7,000kg explosives stored against 15-kg limit, says Mundathikode blast report

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    PALAKKAD: The Mundathikode firework disaster, which claimed 16 lives and left around 40 people injured, was triggered by the use of banned explosive chemical potassium chlorate, with the contractors allegedly storing nearly 467 times the permitted quantity of explosives at the unit, a judicial…

    — The New Indian Express

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PALAKKAD: The Mundathikode firework disaster, which claimed 16 lives and left around 40 people injured, was triggered by the use of banned explosive chemical potassium chlorate, with the contractors allegedly storing nearly 467 times the permitted quantity of explosives at the unit, a judicial…

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