Mumbai: A massive explosion was reported at an ordnance factory near Nagpur this morning. The blast occurred around 10.30 am at the factory in Bhandara district of Maharashtra. A rescue operation is underway and five people are feared dead as of now.
Rescue and medical staff are looking for survivors while firefighters are engaged in containing the situation.
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‘There has been an accident of blast at Ordnance factory Bhandara today morning. The rescue & medical teams are deployed for survivors and rescue is underway,’ authorities have said in a statement.
As per reports, 10 employees out of 14 employees working in the section at the time of the tragic incident, of whom 3 were rescued.