Sixteen die in dump blast
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A methane gas explosion at an Istanbul rubbish dump killed at least 16 people and buried the occupants of a dozen slum houses under tons of garbage, Turkish radio said, Reuter reports from Istanbul. Rescue teams worked under floodlights to dig for more bodies after earlier pulling corpses with fractured heads and blackened faces from the wreckage of their homes.
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