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One man killed in Ecuador blast | |
(about 4 hours later) | |
An explosion at a gold mine in Ecuador on Monday killed one man, security officials and rescue services now say. | |
The blast, which took place in the dynamite store of the mine in Ponce Enriquez, Azuay province, also injured at least 35 others. | |
Reports of what happened remained confused long after the event - some suggesting up to seven people had died and scores were trapped underground. | |
The explosion was blamed on a mistake by the man, 25, who was killed. | |
Almost half the buildings in the mine were destroyed by the explosion on Monday evening, Col Armando Balcazar told a news conference, according to AP news agency. | |
He said two of the injured were in a serious but stable condition. | |
Interior Minister Gustavo Larrea initially said 60 miners had been trapped underground, but that proved incorrect. | |
Both army and mining company sources attributed the blast to "human error" on the part of the 25-year-old man who died. | |
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