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Silo explosion in Germany kills one firefighter, injures seven others

The Canadian Press


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Firefighters work from a crane gondola at a silo where another firefighter was killed in an explosion in Worms, southwestern Germany, on Sunday.

BERLIN — Police say a firefighter has been killed and seven rescue workers have been injured after a malt silo exploded in western Germany.

Police spokesman Klaus Weinmann says firefighters responded early today to a raging fire at a malt factory in Worms, a town southwest of Frankfurt.

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