Fifteen persons were injured, while one went missing in a blast at an Ordnance Factory in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Tuesday, officials said. The blast took place at around 9.45 am when explosive material was being filled in bombs in a refilling section of the factory, PTI reported quoting an official from the factory.
Among the injured persons, two were in serious condition and admitted to a hospital. The missing worker was possibly trapped under the debris of the section in which the blast took place, he said. Eyewitnesses said the blast was so powerful that it was even heard by people a few kilometres away.
The blast took place in the Ordnance Factory in Khamaria, which is one of the major ammunition production units under the Department of Defence Production. A probe has been ordered into the incident and the exact cause behind the blast will be known after completion of the investigation, the official said.
The fire brigade and security staff of the factory launched a relief and rescue operation, the official added.