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India Chemical Plant Blast Death Toll Reaches 5

© AFP 2023Indian rescue teams gather at the site of an explosion and fire that destroyed a chemical plant in Mumbai on May 26, 2016
Indian rescue teams gather at the site of an explosion and fire that destroyed a chemical plant in Mumbai on May 26, 2016 - Sputnik International
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According to local media reports, a number of people killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Indian state of Maharashtra reached five.

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NEW DELHI (Sputnik) A number of people killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in the Indian state of Maharashtra reached five, local media reported Thursday.

Earlier reports put the number of killed in the Thursday blast at three.

According to NDTV broadcaster, more than a hundred people got injured in the incident that occurred in the city of Dombivali 31 miles from the state capital of Mumbai after a boiler exploded and a fire ensued.

The Maharashtra authorities launched an investigation into the explosion.

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