Over 100 injured in factory blasts in Madhya Pradesh

Singrauli (Madhya Pradesh), July 5 (ANI): Over 100 factory workers were injured in four blasts occurred in a detonator factory, located in Baidan Village of Madhya Pradesh's Singrauli area.

The intensity of blasts was so high that its sound could be heard many kilometres from Baliyari industrial area of the village, the place of incident where Indian detonators are manufactured. Besides, there was an adjoining solar factory. The blasts also affected the nearby factories in the industrial area, said Abhay Gupta, an eyewitness of the incident.

The incident occurred at around six o'clock in the evening, Abhay added.

The injured were rushed to the hospital in the industrial area as well as District hospital. There was no confirmation about the scale of deaths in the incident till last information could be received. By Virendra Pathak (ANI)