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24 suffer burns in steel plant fire

Special Correspondent

BHUBANESWAR: At least 24 persons suffered burns when a fire broke out in the Visa Steel factory at Kalinga Nagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur district on Saturday afternoon.

According to the police, the incident occurred at around 1-30 pm when mishandling of a gas injector led to an explosion injuring the workers and engineers.

All the injured persons have been brought to the Sun Hospital in Cuttack. The condition of at least six of them was stated to be critical. Among the victims are one graduate engineer, four permanent workers and 19 contractual labourers of the plant, company sources said. As news about the mishap spread, labourers and local people ransacked the administrative building of the factory. The mob damaged the doors and windows and tore away files. Two platoons of armed police personnel were deployed at the steel utility.

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