Maharashtra: Three dead and 12 injured in factory blast at Boisar

The incident came about at 4.20pm at Bhagoria Chemical compounds Personal Restricted. As per preliminary investigations, the blast is claimed to have occurred resulting from overheating in a reactor that was getting used to make a chemical used for dyeing garments.

Three chemical compounds had been being combined within the reactor and 18 folks had been close to it. Three of them had been killed and 12 others suffered critical accidents and had been rushed to the Shinde Hospital. Hearth division officers reached the spot to douse the hearth.

The chemical manufacturing facility has been working for over a decade, and there have been 90 staff. The Boisar police are investigating whose negligence led to the incident.