Deadly explosions rock two factories in India

New Delhi: Explosions in two private factories manufacturing explosives for mining activities have killed at least eight people and injured another 40 in central India, according to media reports on Sunday.

Te two adjacent factories in Singrauli, a town in Madhya Pradesh state, have almost been reduced to rubble by the impact of the blasts.

Anurag, a police officer, said all the injured have been hospitalised in Singrauli.

The cause of the explosions was not immediately known.

The first explosion occurred in the Ideal Explosives Industries and it engulfed the adjacent factory.