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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