Explosion in Bavaria – level 3

06-09-2018 07:00

In the German State of Bavaria, not far from Ingolstadt, there was a huge explosion at an oil refinery. The explosion injured at least eight people while another 1,800 living close by temporarily evacuated due to potentially toxic smoke.

The cause of the explosion is yet to be determined. The Bavarian Interior Minister spoke of luck at the site, as more people could have been injured in the incident, adding that the material damage was immense.

Difficult words: huge (very big), temporarily (for some time), due to (because of), determine (find out), site (the place of the incident), immense (great).

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