GJ-BLAST-FACTORY

Three labourers were killed and

two others critically injured in a blast at a steel factory

near Silvassa in the wee hours of Thursday, police said.

The mishap took place around 3 am in a furnace at the

Shree Krishna Steel Products factory located in Kanadi-Naroli

village near Silvassa, about 54 km from the Union Territory of

Daman and Diu, police inspector K B Mahajan said.

"Three labourers working near the furnace died on the

spot, while two others who received severe burn injuries have

been admitted to a hospital. Both of them are still critical,"

Mahajan said.

The deceased were identified as - Rajkumar Bhunkar

(26), Tilakram Yadav (18) and Vijay Bhunkar(20).

A probe was on to find out the cause of the mishap,

the police official said.

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