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Eight killed in Brazil silo blast

International Desk : Eight people have been killed and 11 injured in a series of silo explosions at the site of an agricultural cooperative in Brazil, authorities said.

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State firefighting officials said in a statement that the blasts Wednesday on the premises of the C. Vale agroindustrial company in the municipality of Palotina also left a "last victim" still "under corn and debris from the explosion.

The statement also said the firefighting teams are propping up the structures and moving the corn to finish the rescue.

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An initial toll late Wednesday had listed two dead and two injured.

Parana fire brigade spokesman Tiago Zajac told there was an explosion in one of the silos that triggered a second and a third.

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Video distributed on social media and broadcast by news outlets showed a vast column of white smoke coming from the site, and Palotina residents reported feeling a tremor as windows in several homes were blown out.

Company boss Alfredo Lang said in a video he was "appalled by the tragedy," adding that a technical team was working on determining the causes.

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent his "condolences and solidarity to the workers and their families" in a message published on Twitter, now called X.

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