Vivekanand Kadam, head of the Palghar district disaster management cell, stated that between 2.30 pm and 3 pm, nitrogen gas leaked from one of the company's units, impacting the staff working there
The tragic incident took place on Thursday afternoon at Medley Pharma. Representational Pic
At least four workers died and two others were seriously injured after a gas leak incident at a pharma factory in Maharashtra's Palghar district, officials said on Thursday.
The incident took place after some of the workers reportedly inhaled nitrogen gas that leaked at a pharmaceutical company located in Tarapur MIDC of Maharashtra’s Palghar district, the officials said.
The tragic incident was reported to the officials on Thursday afternoon at Medley Pharma, a pharmaceutical company located in the industrial hub of Boisar, around 130 km from Mumbai, officials said, according to news agency PTI.
Vivekanand Kadam, head of the Palghar district disaster management cell, confirmed that the leak had a severe impact on the staff working in the affected unit, leaving four workers dead on the spot and two others in critical condition.
"Six workers were rushed to the hospital, where four of them died at around 6.15 pm," he said, according to PTI.
Two others were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of a local hospital, where they are currently undergoing treatment, he added.
All five employees were evacuated from the plant and rushed to the hospital, where four were declared dead on arrival, whereas one more worker is in serious condition and undergoing treatment, Kadam said, according to PTI.
Further details were awaited.
Explosion at Pakistan fireworks storage facility injures at least 25 people
An explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Thursday injured at least 25 people, some of them critically, police and hospital officials said.
Television footage showed thick smoke billowing into the sky from the building where firecrackers were stored. Broken glass from nearby shop windows littered the road as panicked residents rushed from the scene, witnesses said.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze while ambulances transported the injured, including passersby, to several hospitals, senior police official Asad Raza said.
The blast damaged several shops and vehicles passing through an area known as Jinnah Road.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.
Explosions at fireworks facilities are common in Pakistan.
In January, six people were killed in a similar blast at a fireworks storage site in Mandi Bahauddin, a city in the eastern Punjab province.
(With inputs from news agency PTI)
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