India Space Center Blast, Fire Kill Six

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An explosion and fire in a research facility at India's main space center Monday killed at least six people and seriously injured three others, police said.

Flames erupted at the solid propellant fuel plant at the government's Dhawan Space Center, on Sriharikota Island, just off India's southeastern coast, the center's spokesman, K. Ravindran, told The Associated Press.

Firefighters later contained the blaze, which was under investigation, said Madhavan Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization.

Six people died in the fire, according to police officials in the Nellore district in coastal Andhra Pradesh state, speaking on condition of anonymity. Nair said the death toll could be four to six.


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