A huge explosion at a drugs factory in India has killed at least 44 people with dozens more still missing in the rubble of the destroyed building.
The death toll from Monday’s massive explosion and fire at a pharmaceutical factory in the southern state of Telangana has risen to at least 44 while dozens more were left injured, authorities confirmed on Tuesday.
The fire department recovered the charred bodies of 34 workers from the accident site in an industrial area roughly 30 miles from the state capital Hyderabad, the state’s fire services director G.V. Narayana Rao told The Associated Press.
Two other workers succumbed to burns and were pronounced dead in hospital, Rao said, adding that debris of the gutted pharmaceutical unit of Sigachi Industries was still being removed to find out if any more workers were trapped.
Nearly three dozen injured workers were admitted to hospitals, he said.
“The whole structure of the factory has collapsed. Fire has been doused, and we hope to finish removing the debris in the next few hours,” Rao said.