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059 FIRST EXP TAKE 4 EXPLOSION AN EXPLOSION THAT RIPPED THROUGH A VARIETY STORE IN LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA HAS KILLED AT LEAST SIX PERSONS AND INJURED NINE OTHERS. MORE THAN 100 POLICE, FIREMEN AND VOLUNTEERS ARE PRESSING THE EARLY MORNING SEARCH FOR OTHER POSSIBLE VICTIMS TODAY. AUTHORITIES HOLD LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING ANY MORE SURVIVORS AND THEY ARE UNSURE IF OTHERS ARE STILL TRAPPED. THERE WERE TEN TO 15 PERSONS IN THE STORE WHEN THE BLAST OCCURRED SHORTLY BEFORE THE FIVE P.M. CLOSING TIME LAST NIGHT. IT CAME ABOUT THE TIME SEVERAL CHILDREN WERE GOING IN AND OUT TO COLLECT PRIZES FOR A HALLOWEEN COLORING CONTEST. -- D A S H -- THE DEAD AT THE TWO-STORY CONCRETE BLOCK-BRICK SITE ARE IDENTIFIED AS PERSONS FROM THE LOCAL AREA. RESCUE WORKERS HAVE CONVERGED ON THE SMALL INDUSTRIAL TOWN OF LAKE CITY, WHICH IS LOCATED ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. ACRID SMOKE, PERSISTENT RAIN AND STANDING WATER HAVE HAMPERED EFFORTS TO FIND THE VICTIMS.