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Explosion Kills 14 in Village Near Jaipur

New Dehli (November 1, 2017): At least 14 people including a woman were killed on Wednesday when an electricity transformer exploded outside a wedding ceremony in western India.

Dozens of guests had assembled for the ceremony outside a family home in the western state of Rajasthan when the transformer exploded, spewing hot oil and metal shards.

Locals said they had raised concerns about the maintenance of the transformer with officials, but nothing had been done.They also said a circuit-breaker failed to work after the blast, exacerbating the disaster as live wires fell onto the crowd late Tuesday in the state capital Jaipur.

Transformers are part of the electricity distribution system and help maintain a uniform current.

India´s power distribution system is prone to accidents, mostly because of poor maintainance and underfunding in rural areas.

Nearly 10,000 people died due to electrocution in India in 2015, according to the most recent data available from the national crimes records bureau.

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