Blast accident
Date published: 03 May 2013
A FIREWORK blast in Failsworth was an accident, investigators have determined.
A container on Morton Street exploded on Tuesday evening, setting on fire an adjacent cabin of liquid petroleum gas cylinders.
Two men, the 49-year-old site owner and the 45-year-old owner of the container, were injured in the blast. Investigators are waiting to speak to the container owner, who suffered serious burns.
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