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Maha: One dies, 6 injured in massive explosion in Nagpur pharma company

Maha: One dies, 6 injured in massive explosion in Nagpur pharma company

Nagpur, June 17 (UNI) An employee died, and six others were injured in a massive explosion at a pharmaceutical company in Bhilgaon of the district on Tuesday.
The explosion reportedly occurred at around 11 am in the morning in the 'glass-lined reactor' of a unit of Ankit Pulps and Boards Private Limited Company, leading to a major fire.
In this incident, one person died on the spot and six others were seriously injured.

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