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[Naresh]

<b>20 killed, over 60 injured, several houses destroyed in Mian Channu blast</b>

<b>At least 20 persons were killed and around 70 injured in an explosion in Chak-129 near Mian Channu on Monday. An explosion at the home of a local cleric in Punjab killed 15 people on Monday, trapping casualties under the rubble of dozens of flattened homes, officials said.</b> Several houses were collapsed due to the impact of the blast and several persons were said to be trapped under the debris, reports said. The blast occurred at house of a man Riaz, DPO Khaniwal Kamran Khan said. The explosives stored in the house were detonated and caused the blast, he opined. The impact of the blast destroyed around 25 houses in the area, he added. Local volunteers reached to the place of the blast after the incident and started rescue work to retrieve the people trapped under the rubbles of the caved in houses. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister YOusuf Raza Gilani have condemned the incident and ordered probe of the blast.

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