MANILA, May 7, 2014 (AFP) - Twenty-three people were injured when fire and a series of explosions struck a Philippine army munitions depot near the country's financial district Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.
Local television footage showed uniformed soldiers carrying some of the injured on stretchers away from a burning building enveloped in black smoke, while three other victims sat on the pavement awaiting medical help.
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