Man cheats death by seconds after walking out of laundrette moments before explosion
By Reuters
09 April 2023 |
12:26 pm
A shocking video captured by CCTV shows moments a massive explosion in one of the washing machines at a laundromat, which blows up the entire building, in Galician city of La Coruna, Spain. The explosion took places moments after a man left the premises.
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