An explosion triggered a fire in a pharmaceutical plant in southern India, killing at least 15 workers. A police officer says another 40 people were wounded in the fire Wednesday and were hospitalized. It occurred at the Escientia Company, which makes intermediate chemicals and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
HYDERABAD , India — A big explosion triggered a fire in a pharmaceutical plant in southern India , killing at least 15 workers, police said on Thursday.
The Press Trust of India news agency reported distressing scenes with the skin of several workers peeling off. Ambulances shifted them to the hospital. The explosion occurred at the Escientia Company in Anakapalle district, nearly 600 kilometers east of Hyderabad, the Telangana state capital.As the news of the blast spread, hundreds of workers’ family members and relatives rushed to the plant to learn what happened to their loved ones.
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