7-year-old girl killed by mud crater explosion

Published September 27, 2014 4:36pm ET



MILAN (AP) — Sicilian authorities have ordered the closure of the Macalube nature reserve after a 7-year-old girl was killed in an explosion of small mud crater.

Police said the girl, her brother and father were buried in mud and sediment when one of the craters exploded in western Sicily on Saturday. The 9-year-old boy was missing while the father was being treated at a hospital.

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