Six students killed by gas canister blast in central Turkey

2008-08-01 06:01:17 GMT2008-08-01 14:01:17 (Beijing Time) xinhuanet

ANKARA, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least six students were killed and about 26 others injured early Friday as a gas canister exploded in a dormitory in a town in Turkey's central province of Konya, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

Local provincial governor Osman Aydin was quoted as saying that the gas canister exploded at about 05:00 (0200 GMT) in Taskent town, causing a three-story girl student dormitory to collapse.

Some 26 students staying at the dormitory were brought out of the debris with injuries and were taken to local Hadim State Hospital for treatment, added the official.

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