 "Six killed in factory blast in Bharuch; PM announces Rs 2 lakh ex-gratia")
Six workers were killed in a blast which triggered a fire in Om Organics, a chemical factory in Gujarat's Bharuch district on Monday, officials said.
The incident took place around 3 am in the unit located in Dahej industrial area, some 235 km from Ahmedabad.
The six victims were working near a reactor, which suddenly blew off during solvent distillation process, Bharuch Superintendent of Police Leena Patil said, adding police is probing if there was any negligence.
Expressing grief over the loss of lives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakhs to the next kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to those injured in the incident from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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