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Budaun(UP), Nov 23 (PTI) A large ice chunk reportedly fell from the sky near a brick kiln in the Bilsi area here on Sunday, narrowly missing labourers working at the site, an official said.

Bilsi Sub-Divisional Magistrate Prempal Singh said that no one was injured in the incident which occurred around 9.30 am and an inquiry is underway to determine the source of the ice.

According to eyewitness Somendra Yadav, the ice chunk looked “as big as a large stone" and shattered on impact. “Workers and their families were present nearby. Thankfully, no one was injured," he said.

Another labourer, Veer Singh, said they were stacking bricks when the block of ice came crashing down. “It must have weighed around 50 kg. Had it fallen even slightly closer, someo

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