Five people were
killed after a suspected gas leakage triggered a blast at Alang ship breaking
yard in Gujarat on Saturday.
According to
initial reports, around seven people were injured in the mishap that took place
around 10:30am while a ship was being dismantled.
The incident sent a
shock wave across the nation, coming just a day after a gas leakage and blast
in a pipeline of state-owned GAIL claimed 16 lives in Andhra Pradesh.
Alang, which is in
Gujarat's Bhavnagar district, is Asia's largest ship dismantling yard where
approximately 250 ships are dismantled every year. The ship breaking process
uses gas.
"Five persons
were killed while seven others sustained injuries after a fire broke out
following a blast in the ship which was being dismantled in plot number 140 at
the yard," PTI quoted sub-inspector KJ Rathod, posted at Marine Police
Station (Alang), as saying.
Prima facie, the
blast occurred due to sudden gas leakage when ship-breaking activity was in
progress, the officer said.
The exact reason
behind the explosion was yet to be ascertained, Rathod told the news agency.
Source: Hindustan
times. 28 June 2014
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