{"id":12856,"date":"2024-08-21T23:08:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=12856"},"modified":"2024-08-21T23:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:08:39","slug":"indiapharma-factory-blast-in-andhra-pradesh-leaves-17-dead40-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/world-news\/indiapharma-factory-blast-in-andhra-pradesh-leaves-17-dead40-injured\/2024\/08\/21\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"India:Pharma factory blast in Andhra Pradesh leaves 17 dead,40 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Andhra Pradesh State confirms multiple cases of severe chemical burns<\/li>\n<li>Death toll is likely to go up<\/li>\n<li>Six fire engines were deployed to the scene, with the National Disaster Response Force also aiding rescue efforts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">HYDERABAD, India, Aug 21 \/Reuters\/ &#8211; At least 17 people were killed in an explosion on Wednesday at a pharmaceuticals manufacturing plant in southern India&#8217;s Andhra Pradesh state, a district government official said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">&#8220;Death toll as of now is 15 and is likely to go up. Nearly 40 people have been injured. Rescue operations under way,&#8221; District Superintendent of Police M. Deepika told Reuters.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">The fire broke out in the afternoon at privately held Escientia Advanced Sciences&#8217; 40-acre manufacturing unit that was operational since 2019 in the state&#8217;s Anakapalli district, according to district collector Vijaya Krishnan.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\">&#8220;The injured have been shifted to nearby hospitals&#8230;it appears that there could have been a blast at the chemical reactor,&#8221; Krishnan&#8217;s office told Reuters, adding that the blast occurred during lunch time at the unit.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">Escientia did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The state government has ordered an inquiry into the incident.<\/div>\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">Last year, two people were killed and <a class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__inherit-color__3208F text__inherit-font__1Y8w3 text__inherit-size__1DZJi link__link__3Ji6W link__underline_default__2prE_\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/two-dead-explosion-pharma-factory-indias-andhra-pradesh-state-report-2023-06-30\/\" data-testid=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">five others<\/a> were injured in a similar fire accident that broke out in a solvent reactor at a unit of Sahithi Pharma in the Anakapalli district.<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-5\">\n<p>Andhra Pradesh\u2019s chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu expressed grief over the workers killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chief Minister assured that the government will stand by the families of the workers who died,\u201d his office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andhra Pradesh State confirms multiple cases of severe chemical burns Death toll is likely to go up Six fire engines were deployed to the scene, with the National Disaster Response Force also aiding rescue efforts HYDERABAD, India, Aug 21 \/Reuters\/ &#8211; At least 17 people were killed in an explosion on Wednesday at a pharmaceuticals [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[8273],"tags":[57,6849,8948,8949],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blast.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12859,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12856\/revisions\/12859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}