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OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -About 60 people were killed and dozens more wounded on Monday in an explosion at an informal gold mining site in southwest Burkina Faso, state television reported, citing local officials. The cause of the explosion in Poni province was not yet known, Poni’s high commissioner Antoine Douamba told state television. Images showed a large blast site of felled trees and destroyed tin houses. Bodies lay on the ground, covered in mats. It was not clear exactly what kind of gold mining went on at the site. Burkina Faso is home to some major gold mines run by international compan…