Hyderabad: A powerful blast at a Gulf Oil Corporation plant in Hyderabad on Monday evening left at least two workers dead and 10 injured, Hyderabad police said.
Four others were still missing
The injured were admitted to the Apollo Hospital, after firefighters and police rushed to the plant in Kukatpally area of the city.
The blast in a unit of the lubrication and industrial explosive manufacturing company resulted in a huge fire and fire tenders were trying to put it out. Relief and rescue efforts were ongoing.
Police said 16 people were working in the unit at the time of the accident. Four were still missing. They expressed fears that the toll might go up as the condition of six injured was critical.
No statement had been issued by the company’s management on the cause of the blast and its impact. Security personnel were not allowing any body to enter the premises.
The same plant has seen seven accidents in the past. The company is owned by Hinduja Group and produces lubricants and industrial explosives.
Police said that the explosion took place in detonator manufacturing unit of IDL Chemicals, a part of Gulf Oil Corporation.
Gulf Oil Corporation was formed by merging Gulf India Ltd, with IDL Industries in January 2002.
