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Mundathikode blast: 7,000 kg stored against 15 kg limit

A judicial commission found that about 7,000 kilograms of explosives were stored at the Mundathikode site, far above the permitted 15 kilograms. It said banned potassium chlorate triggered the blast, which killed 16 people and injured 40.
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