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Explosion At Fireworks Warehouse In Colombia Makes For Amazing Video

This past Sunday, a cameraman for the Colombian network Caracol was dispatched to cover a small fire at a pyrotechnics depot outside of Bogotá.

Just as he started shooting, there was a massive explosion that rocked the small town.

Some houses were damaged and no one was seriously injured. So the story here is the video. Here it is via the BBC:

The cause of the explosion is still being investigated, Caracol reported.

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Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.