Tuesday, 17. December 2002
Topic: - on December 17, 2002 at 1:23:48 AM CET
One Dead, 9 Hurt in Blast from Banana Gas
- A man was killed and nine people were injured on Saturday when gas used to artificially ripen fruit exploded in a Turkish market, police said. Erbil Esmer, 36, was killed while shopping for bananas at a fruit wholesaler in the northwestern city of Balikesir, a policewoman said.
"A spark caused the gas used to (ripen) bananas ... to explode," she said.
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