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One dead, 14 injured in blast At Spanish resort

Published: 18 Sep 2016 - 02:55 pm | Last Updated: 19 Nov 2021 - 03:22 am

A picture taken on September 18, 2016 shows a damaged seven-storey building following an explosion in Premia de Mar, near Barcelona. One person died and 14 people were injured in an explosion in a block of flats in a Spanish seaside resort near Barcelona early today, rescuers said. AFP / PAU BARRENA

Barcelona: One person has died and 14 others were injured in an explosion at a block of flats in a Spanish seaside resort near Barcelona early Sunday, media reports quoted rescuers as saying. 
It was not immediately clear what caused the blast which took place in a resort town some 25 kilometres north of Barcelona. 

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