Friday, 27 May 2016

100 Injured, 5 Dead At Chemical Factory Blast in Mumbai

Mumbai: A chemical factory explosion at Domvili, a Mumbai suburb, had killed five people and injured 100 more. The factory blast took place on Thursday in the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation area in Thane district, Maharashtra. According to reports, the explosion took place at around 11.45 am on Thursday. Owned by the Acharya Chemicals group in Dombivili (east) the factory was used to manufacture industrial chemicals.


The factory building was collapsed after the blast. Residents of the area had said that the explosion lead to breathing problems due to smell of gas and chemicals in the air for many following hours. A resident, Sumedh Joshi, who stays about a mile away from the factory, said that the blast was so strong that made their building shake. “First we thought it was an earthquake, the way our building was shaking. Our window panes shattered due to the blast and we quickly came out of our building,” Joshi added.
20 fire tenders and 15 ambulances were pressed into service at the Domvili factory area. Police asserted that force was also deployed in the area to continue the rescue operations. The officers also added that there are chances that more people are trapped under debris. The disaster response team is investigating the reason behind the explosion. Police noted: “The rescue work will take time, maybe until tomorrow morning. So far five people are confirmed dead and nine people are seriously injured.”




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