Four killed after gelatin-stick container explodes during welding work in Yavatmal
Four people were killed and five injured when a metal container carrying gelatin sticks exploded on the Umarkhed-Dhanki road in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district, police said. The blast occurred while welding work was under way near an air cylinder attached to a tractor used for blasting operations, throwing nearby people several metres away.
Four people were killed and five injured after a metal container carrying gelatin sticks exploded on the Umarkhed-Dhanki road in Maharashtra’s Yavatmal district on Saturday, September 26, police said. The container was attached to a tractor being used for blasting work, according to the police. The explosion occurred while welding work was in progress near an air cylinder positioned close to the tractor’s tyre.
Police said the blast was severe. Some people standing near the tractor were thrown about 20 feet by the force of the explosion. The tractor, bearing registration number MH 29 V 2528, was owned by Apparao Bokse, police said.
Bokse and his son Vaibhav were among those identified in the report as injured. The seriously injured included Anis, 17; Wasid Khan Rashid Khan, 32; Sheikh Javed Sheikh Babu, 19; Sai Johan Sai Mobin, 14; Salman Khan Sherukhan, 34; Apparao Bokse, 54; and Vaibhav Bokse, who was identified as a resident of Baladi. The source material does not specify the identities of the four people who died, the precise circumstances of the welding work, or the condition of those injured after the blast.
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