Guwahati: At least nine workers and 19 were injured after a boiler exploded in a chemical factory in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday afternoon.
The numbers were confirmed by Medha Roopam, District Magistrate, Hapur. The factory is located adjacent to a CNG pump.
The explosion was so powerful that it destroyed the roofs of some of the nearby factories. The fire crews took three hours to put out the blaze in the facility.
Identities of people who died in the accident are yet to be ascertained. It is not known how many people were working at the factory at the time of the accident.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families, his office stated in a tweet in Hindi.
“The chief minister has directed district administration officers to go to the spot and oversee rescue and relief measures and extend all possible help to the victims and their families,” the CM’s office tweeted.
UP minister for industrial development Nand Gopal Gupta ‘Nandi’ offered his condolences to the families of those who died.
The exact cause of the incident could not be known immediately.