Lagatar24 Desk
Bharuch, April 11: A chemical factory explosion in Gujarat’s Bharuch district’s Dahej industrial sector killed six persons. The incident took place around 3 am in the unit located in Dahej industrial area, some 235 km from Ahmedabad. The incident has sparked an investigation by the police.
According to the authorities, six workers at the Organic Chemical Company factory perished as a result of burn injuries.
“The blast in the reactor caused a fire in the factory. All the six persons working near the reactor died. The bodies were later recovered and sent for postmortem. The fire was also brought under control,” said Bharuch Superintendent of Police Leena Patil.
Notably, an explosion within a chemical production business in the Dahej industrial sector of Gujarat’s Bharuch district killed one worker and injured two more in August of last year.
