At least six workers including five women were killed and three injured in a blast at an explosive-manufacturing factory near Maharashtra’s Nagpur city on Thursday.
The incident occurred around 1pm at Chamundi Explosive Pvt Ltd in Dhamna village, under the jurisdiction of the Hingna police station.
“At least 5 people have died and 5 people are injured in an explosion at an explosives manufacturing factory in Dhamna. The team is about to reach the spot,” Ravinder Singal, Commissioner of Police, Nagpur, told the media.
Singal further informed that a total of nine injured persons were brought to two private hospitals in the city. Among them, five women and a man died during treatment.
Most of the victims were working in the factory’s packaging unit when the explosion occurred, another police official said. Further investigation is ongoing, he added.
(With inputs from agencies)
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