A blast on a tram injured nine people in the Ukrainian city of Dnipropetrovsk, Interfax news agency reported today.
Nine people suffered burns, Interfax said, citing witnesses who said the tram was travelling through one of the central streets of Dnipropetrovsk - not one of the European soccer championship host cities.
The Ukraine Interior Ministry said the blast was an accident. Spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk said the
blast was caused by gunpowder carried by one of the passengers which ignited by accident.
Registered hunters in Ukraine routinely buy gunpowder to assemble their own rounds.
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"The gunpowder ignited for some unknown reason," Mr Polishchuk said. "Either it was very hot or the man dropped it on the floor.
Agencies