Explosives blast highway; 4 dead

Three men abandoned their truck on a major highway early Saturday and ran for their lives, afraid that their cargo was going to explode.

On their truck was five metric tons of gunpowder for manufacturing fireworks, and the driver had spotted a growing fire at the back of the truck seconds earlier.

Ten minutes later, at about 12:20 am, an explosion ripped through the air, waking up sleeping residents within a 40-km radius.