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Police probe tar barrel explosion

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A police investigation is under way after two men suffered serious burns when a barrel of burning tar exploded during a traditional event in Ottery St Mary in Devon.

Inquiries are trying to establish whether the explosion was caused by an aerosol can being placed in a barrel. Footage from YouTube.

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