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Hanoi fireworks explosion kills 4, state news agency reports

The CNN Wire Staff
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Fireworks were part of Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary celebration
  • Carelessness blamed for deadly blast, Viet Nam News reports

(CNN) -- A fireworks explosion in Hanoi, Vietnam, killed four people and injured three others Wednesday morning, state media reported.

The blast happened at 11:04 a.m. when a shipment of fireworks blew up near My Dinh National Stadium, one of 29 sites in the capital city where pyrotechnics were planned for Hanoi's 1,000th anniversary, the official Viet Nam News reported.

The explosion was blamed on "carelessness" during the transport of two containers of fireworks, the news agency said.