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Hamburg (dpa / lno) - In Hamburg, according to initial findings, a man put a camping stove on a hotplate - and was seriously injured in an explosion.

The 39-year-old was in the hospital, said a police spokesman on Tuesday evening.

The residents of the five-story apartment building in Hamburg-Dulsberg had to leave their apartments in the meantime.

However, they were allowed to return after being checked by a structural engineer.

According to the spokesman, it was still completely unclear why the 39-year-old put the gas cartridge on the stove.

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