12 Killed In Explosions At Chemical Factory In Maharashtra

Twelve workers including six women were killed and 58 others injured in explosions of
nitrogen gas cylinders at a chemical factory in North Maharashtra's Dhule district on Saturday morning, police said. Preliminary probe revealed that a chemical leak caused a fire which led to serial explosions at the factory of Rumit Chemsynth Pvt Ltd, located at Waghadi village in Shirpur tehsil, around 9.45 am, a senior police officer told. By evening, the fire had been doused, and search was on for more bodies, if any, in the debris, he said.