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August 17, 2011

Fire in pesticide unit in AP

Thanks to Abhay Gujar for sending info on a fire in a pesticide manufacturing unit in A.P. The article mentions the following: "In a major industrial mishap, two persons were charred to death in a fire and blast in a reactor of a pesticides manufacturing company at Cheruvukommupalem in Prakasam district in the wee hours of Wednesday.The fire broke out in the third production block at about 2.30 a.m in the third floor of the plant following suspected "electric short circuit", resulting in a blast in one of the four solvent distilling reactors at the Bhagiradha Chemicals & Industries Limited (BCIL), Revenue Division Officer K Naga Babu said. Four others working in the ground floor fled to safety".
Read the article in this link.

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