Flying metal from Spanish factory blast may have killed man 2km away, say authorities

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MADRID (REUTERS) - A flying plate of metal may have killed a man some 2km away from the site of a huge chemical plant explosion in northeastern Spain when it was hurled out by the blast and crashed into his apartment building, local authorities said on Wednesday (Jan 15).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

MADRID - A flying plate of metal may have killed a man some 2km away from the site of a huge chemical plant explosion in northeastern Spain when it was hurled out by the blast and crashed into his apartment building, local authorities said on Wednesday .

A large metal plate is believed to have been propelled into the third floor of an apartment block 2km away by the explosion, collapsing its floor and killing a man in the apartment below, the Tarragona authorities said in a statement. Catalan police posted a photo of the metal plate on Twitter, saying it measured 122cm by 165cm and was 3cm thick. They did not say how much it weighed.

 

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