{"id":36634,"date":"2023-12-17T18:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/nine-dead-in-india-factory-blast-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T18:00:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T18:00:39","slug":"nine-dead-in-india-factory-blast-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/nine-dead-in-india-factory-blast-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine dead in India factory blast | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least nine workers were killed in a blast Sunday at a factory manufacturing drones and explosives in western India, the government said.<\/p>\n

The explosion at Solar Industries India in Maharashtra state’s Nagpur city happened when the workers were in the packing area.<\/p>\n

“It is very unfortunate that nine people including six women died in the explosion at Solar Industries in Nagpur,” the state’s deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

The company manufactures drones and explosives for the country’s defence forces, he added.<\/p>\n

The state government will provide $6,000 each to the families of those who died in the accident.<\/p>\n

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Police have launched a probe into the incident that also left at least three workers injured.<\/p>\n

Industrial disasters are common in India, with experts blaming poor planning and lax enforcement of safety rules.<\/p>\n

Last year, 11 people were killed in eastern Bihar state after an explosion at a house were firecrackers were being manufactured illegally.<\/p>\n

And in 2021, 19 people died in a blast at a firecracker factory in southern Tamil Nadu state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n