145;Train blast due to carelessness146;

North Korea blamed carelessness for Thursday8217;s blast in Ryongchon. 8216;8216;The blasts occurred when an electrical pole was knocked down after an oil tanker collided with two carriages loaded with ammonium nitrate fertiliser during shunting, causing a short circuit,8217;8217; a Korean official said. 8216;8216;The rail tracks were damaged in the blast, which produced two huge pits 8-10m deep. Broken rails lay here and there, and smashed pieces of carriages were scattered on the ground.8217;8217;

8216;8216;It looks as though a fireball has swept through,8217;8217; John Sparrow, a Red Cross spokesman, said on Saturday. He said more than 1,300 people were injured. 8216;8216;A school was destroyed,8217;8217; he said, adding that 129 public buildings were destroyed. 8212; Reuters