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Gujarat: Blast triggers major fire in chemical factory in Dahej Industrial Estate, 40 hurt  

| @indiablooms | Jun 03, 2020, at 04:55 pm

Ahmedabad/IBNS: At least 40 workers were hurt as a blast in a chemical factory in Dahej Industrial Estate of Bharuch district in Gujarat.

According to media reports, the fire was triggered by a boiler explosion in the agro-chemical company.

The injured people were rushed to hospital for treatment.

"Around 35-40 workers sustained burn injuries after the boiler of an agro-chemical company exploded in the afternoon. All the injured persons have been shifted to hospitals in Bharuch, and efforts are on to control the fire," Bharuch collector MD Modia was quoted as saying by Times Now.

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