According to officials, a reactor explosion at a fertilizer factory in the Sangli region of Maharashtra on Thursday claimed three lives, including two women, and wounded nine more. According to a PTI report, all of the injured have been admitted to hospitals as a result of the explosion and subsequent gas leak.
Around 6.30 p.m. on November 21, an official told the news agency PTI that the incident occurred at the Myanmar Chemical Company in Shalgaon MIDC of Kadegaon tehsil in the Sangli district.
The security guard and two other women died after inhaling the fatal chemical fumes, the police said. According to Sangli Superintendent of Police Sandip Ghuge, the gas is suspected to be ammonia. The deceased women have been identified as Suchita Uthale, aged 50, who hailed from Sangli district’s Yetgaon, and Neelam Rethrekar, aged 26, who hailed from Sangli district’s Masur.
About 12 individuals in the unit were impacted by the gas leak and sent to the hospital, according to Sangram Shewale, senior inspector of the Kadegaon police station. Among them, a security guard and two female employees have perished. According to PTI, nine more people are receiving treatment.
Five of the injured are in the intensive care unit (ICU), while seven were admitted to Sahyadri Hospital in Karad, according to a police officer.
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Source: Live Mint
