Although there was no official confirmation about the fatalities, media reports cited emergency services and asserted many people were feared dead in the tragic incident.
The blast took place around 10 am at the chemical manufacturing plant of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL), situated near Ranjitnagar village in Ghoghamba taluka, Panchmahal Superintendent of Police Leena Patil said.
The blast took place at around 11:00 pm on Friday at a workshop of a chemical plant in Bayan Obo industrial park in Alxa League.
The death toll till early Friday morning was officially stated to be 44, reported state-run China Daily.
The incident happened around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday at a chemical plant Hengda in an industrial park in Jiang'an County, Yibin City, according to the provincial work safety administration.
The fire tenders are on the spot and trying to control the situation.
Washington, June 14: At least one person was killed and 77 injured in an explosion and fire at a petrochemical plant in Indian-American governor Bobby Jindal's home state of Louisiana in southern US."This has been
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