Telangana Pharma Plant Blast Claims One Life, Seven Injured
Hyderabad: One person was killed and seven others suffered injuries following a reactor blast at a pharma plant in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Friday, police said.
Ten people were working at the site when the blast occurred on Friday afternoon on the first floor of the two-storey building.
Eight of them suffered injuries. The exact cause of the blast is yet to be ascertained, they said.
While two people suffered simple injuries, six others were shifted to a super-speciality hospital in Hyderabad for advanced treatment.
One of them succumbed while undergoing treatment. He is suspected to have died from multiple injuries sustained after jumping from the second floor of the building following the blast.
The condition of the other injured people was stable, police said.
Two people suffered injuries in a fire accident in the same plant in April and both of them recovered.
