Gujarat: Fire breaks out at ONGC plant in Surat, no casualties reported

Surat Collector Dhaval Patel said the blaze was triggered by three consecutive blasts that took place in the plant late in the night.

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· Sep 24, 2020 · 08:02 am

Andhra Pradesh: 14 hospitalised following ammonia gas leak at milk dairy unit in Chittoor

All those hospitalised are women, and are in a stable condition.

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· Aug 21, 2020 · 08:53 am

Gujarat: Five killed in explosion at a gas factory in Vadodara district

At least a dozen people have been hospitalised.

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· Jan 11, 2020 · 04:28 pm

China: Toll in blast at chemical plant in Jiangsu province rises to 47

President Xi Jinping ordered that the cause of the accident must be ascertained.

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· Mar 22, 2019 · 08:12 pm

Bhilai steel plant explosion: Human rights panel sends notices to steel ministry, SAIL chairperson

The toll in the accident rose to 13 on Thursday after a senior technician succumbed to his injuries.

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· Oct 11, 2018 · 11:08 pm

Karnataka: Massive fire breaks out in chemical factory in Kolar district

The factory’s 50 employees were rushed to safety and no casualties were reported.

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· Mar 29, 2018 · 02:51 pm

Maharashtra: Three die after series of explosions rip through chemical factory in Tarapur

The blasts reportedly took place at 11.10 pm at a chemical unit in the town’s MIDC area, and then spread to four other nearby factories.

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· Mar 09, 2018 · 07:48 am

Video: Industrial fires in India tend to follow the same tragic script with zero lessons learnt

The Bawana factory fire in New Delhi, brings to the fore concerns how regulations regarding minimum wages and safety of workers continue to be grossly neglected

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· Jan 24, 2018 · 08:45 am

Gujarat: Four workers killed in fire at chemical plant near Vadodara

The fire, which was reported early on Sunday, was doused in around two hours.

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· Jan 21, 2018 · 06:25 pm

Delhi fire: Firecracker factory owner sent to one-day judicial custody

He reportedly had the licence to run only a plastic factory.

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· Jan 21, 2018 · 04:03 pm

Bawana fire: Video shows mayor ordering officials not to say anything about factory licence

Preeti Aggarwal later denied making the comment, and said she meant that nobody should say anything about such unfortunate incident.

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· Jan 21, 2018 · 09:35 am

Toll in explosion at NTPC unit in Rae Bareli is 45, not 32, shows RTI reply to The Indian Express

The power utility said 42 of the victims were contract workers who died while painting the boiler at the time of the blast.

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· Jan 20, 2018 · 02:06 pm