Uttar Pradesh: At least 9 killed, 19 injured in boiler explosion at chemical factory in Hapur

The blast occurred in a chemical factory in the UPSIDC industrial area in Dholana, around 80 km from Delhi.

New Delhi: At least nine workers were killed and 15 wounded when a boiler exploded at a chemical factory in western Uttar Pradesh's Hapur district, the police said on Saturday (June 4). The incident occurred in a factory, located adjacent to a CNG pump, in the UPSIDC industrial area in Dholana, around 80 km from Delhi. As per the police, there were 25 people in the affected area when the boiler exploded, PTI reported. The fire services pressed into the service doused the flames in three hours in the factory. The explosion was so intense that it damaged the roofs of some of the factories located nearby.  

Giving an update on the incident, Hapur DM Medha Roopam informed, "Total 19 injured, 9 dead (in the explosion). Permission was for manufacturing electronics goods here but has to be probed what really was happening." 

Earlier, Inspector General of Police (Meerut range) Praveen Kumar said that eight people died, 15 were admitted to a hospital for treatment and the rest suffered minor injuries. “Total 15 injured, 8 dead in the explosion that took place at electronic equipment manufacturing unit in Hapur. Injured being treated. We are probing the matter. Action will be taken against those responsible,” Praveen Kumar said. 

UP | Total 15 injured, 8 dead in the explosion that took place at an electronic equipment manufacturing unit in Hapur. Injured being treated. We are probing the matter. Action will be taken against those responsible...: Hapur IG Praveen Kumar pic.twitter.com/KMGgqqltZL

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