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At least one person was injured in an explosion at ELG Metals Inc. in Port Vue Wednesday morning.

The blast was reported shortly before 11:30 a.m. in the 300 block of River Road.

The person who was injured was taken to a hospital. The extent of his injury was not immediately known.

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