Chemical factory blast at Vadodara

Chemical factory blast at Vadodara killed 4, including 11 injured. 

A 4-year-old girl and three others were killed during an explosion that ripped through an industrial boiler in an industrial chemical facility in the Vadodara GIDC area of Gujarat on Friday. 

It also injured 11 people, an official from the police said. According to the official, a managed 65 teenager and a woman who was 30 years old are among those killed.

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“A powerful blast ripped through the area around 9.30 am. Fifteen persons were found injured, and they were rushed to nearby hospitals. But, unfortunately, four of them were either declared brought dead or died during treatment,” Inspector of Makarpura police station Sajid Baloch stated.

He explained that the victims who suffered fatal injuries during the blast and those who were injured were mainly workers and those who were walking by from the area when the explosion took place.

“The four persons died either due to burning injuries or after getting hit by some flying objects. A forensic team has reached the spot to investigate the cause of the blast,” Baloch stated.