Blast in Baddi godown, one labourer dead
Solan, March 30
Two labourers suffered severe burn injuries in a blast that occurred while they were trying to cut open a tanker in a scrap godown with the help of a gas cutter on the Suncity road at Baddi late last evening.
The duo was shifted to the PGI, Chandigarh, after preliminary treatment at a local hospital. One of them, Harihar Mehta, died at the PGI today while Shyam Singh was undergoing treatment.
The godown belongs to local resident Deepak. The blast occurred in a tanker, which reportedly was carrying some inflammable gaseous material. DSP, Baddi, Navdeep Singh said that a probe was underway to ascertain the cause of the blast.
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