SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - A boat refuelling in Melbourne harbour exploded on Saturday killing two and wounding at least three, Australian authorities said.

The boat had just refuelled at Pier 35, in Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne. A man and a woman were killed, according to the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, while two women and one man had been taken to hospital.

The explosion comes just a couple of days after five people were killed and nine injured on Sydney Harbour when an overcrowded stolen boat and a fishing trawler collided. (Reporting by Wayne Cole; Editing by Bill Tarrant)

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