A 19-year-old youth was injured when a tyre exploded at a vehicle workshop in Koteshwara while inflating a private school bus tyre. Thrown into the air by the blast's force, he was taken to a hospital in Mangaluru. The incident, recorded on CCTV and dated December 21, has gone viral on social media. No case has been registered yet.
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