Vadodara: At least two people were charred to death and 15 others sustained severe injuries after fire broke out in a chemical unit following a blast near Halol, Gujarat on Thursday morning.
The blast took place around 10 am at the chemical manufacturing plant of Gujarat Fluorochemicals Limited (GFL), situated near Ranjitnagar village in Ghoghamba taluka of central Gujarat’s Panchmahals district on Thursday morning.
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Top officials of district administration and police were sent to the spot following the incident.
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The injured were rushed to a nearest hospital.