{"id":314797,"date":"2019-08-31T12:38:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314797"},"modified":"2019-08-31T12:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:38:01","slug":"maharashtra-13-killed-several-injured-in-chemical-factory-blast-in-dhule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/maharashtra-13-killed-several-injured-in-chemical-factory-blast-in-dhule\/","title":{"rendered":"Maharashtra: 13 killed, several injured in chemical factory blast in Dhule"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_301893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-301893\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301893\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/fire.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"652\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/fire.jpg 652w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/fire-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/fire-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/08\/fire-591x420.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 652px) 100vw, 652px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-301893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Representational Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At least 13 people were killed and several others were injured in major explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra&#8217;s Dhule district on Saturday morning, the police said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The injured were taken to the hospital for further treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the reports, many people are still trapped inside the factory, Rescue and relief efforts are currently underway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">At least 100 workers were present in the factory at the time of the incident, an official said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prima facie, cylinders explosion has been cited as the reason behind the blast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had expressed grief over the loss of lives in the explosion and announced\u00a0Rs.\u00a05 lakh compensation to the families of those killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cCM Devendra Fadnavis expressed grief over loss of lives in explosion at chemical factory near Shirpur in Dhule district. Guardian Minister, Collector, SP on spot. SDRF team reached too and now fire is under control,\u201d CMO Maharashtra said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to CM Devendra Fadnavis and took stock of the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;Anguished to learn about the loss of lives due to explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra. Have spoken to Devendra Fadnavis and the state govt is doing everything possible to assist people in need. My condolences with the bereaved families. May injured recover soon,&#8221; Shah tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 13 people were killed and several others were injured in major explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra&#8217;s Dhule district on Saturday morning, the police said. The injured were taken to the hospital for further treatment. According to the reports, many people are still trapped inside the factory, Rescue and relief efforts are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":301893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2100,2014,2026],"tags":[9939,10858,1467],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314798,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314797\/revisions\/314798"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/301893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}