6 dead, 14 injured after gas pipeline blast in Bhilai Steel Plant

Mangalore Today News Network

Chhattisgarh, Oct 09, 2018 : A gas pipeline blast in Bhilai Steel Plant has left six dead and 14 injured in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday afternoon, new agency ANI reported.

 

The blast took place in a pipeline near coke oven section of the plant in Bhilai town, located around 30 km from the state capital Raipur, a local police official told PTI.

Police personnel and a rescue team rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that the injured were taken to a local hospital.

Further details are awaited.

The plant is operated by the state-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

In November last year, 43 people died and many were injured in a blast at a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited plant at Unchahar in Uttar Pradesh.

A four-member inquiry committee blamed it on the operating staff’s negligence. The panel report said, “Shutting down the unit could have prevented the accident, but the operating staff ignored even the most basic principles of mechanical science.”