Hyderabad: A massive fire broke out in a chemical
industry on the outskirts of Chandapur village of Hatnura Mandal in
Sangareddy district due to a reactor explosion on Wednesday, April 3.
The blast, which occurred around 5 pm, triggered a fire. At least 5
have been reportedly killed in the incident with several feared injured.
Many workers were reportedly caught in the fire.
“The
reactor exploded at the pharma company and people around it were thrown
away in its impact… So far four people have died…10-15 people sustained
injuries. They have been shifted to a hospital and are undergoing
treatment,” a senior police official told PTI earlier.
Relief operations are underway in the affected area.
Narsapur
MLA Sunitha Laxma Reddy and BJP candidate for Medak Parliamentary
constituency Raghunandan Rao visited the explosion site in Sangareddy.
Reactor blast reporter in a chemical factory in #Sangareddy of #Telangana. 4 persons died and few others received burn injuries. Reason for the blast is yet to be known pic.twitter.com/BcGwdrql1m
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