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Five killed in Indian pesticide factory blast
AHMEDABAD, India, June 3, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – At least five people were
killed and 46 others suffered severe burn injures on Wednesday in a
blast at a pesticides factory in western India, authorities said.
Almost 5,000 people living in two villages near the plant in the
Bharuch district of Gujarat state were evacuated as a precaution after
a storage tank exploded, local official M D Modia said.
“The fire is yet not under control and firefighters are working on
it,” he added. “However, there has been no gas leakage and hence no
threat to nearby population.”
Industrial accidents are common in India due to sometimes lax
safety standards. Many factories are currently resuming operations as
India’s coronavirus lockdown is eased.
Last month 12 people were killed in a gas leak at a chemicals plant
in Visakhapatnam in eastern India owned by South Korea’s LG Chem.
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