Five killed, 6 injured in explosion in Maharashtra

Mumbai: At least five people have been killed and six others were critically injured in an explosion in Wardha city on Tuesday morning.

The incident took place inside the Army explosive depot in Maharashtra's Wardha city.

The explosion occurred at 0800 hours in the morning when disposal of old explosives was being carried out. The injured were immediately taken to a nearby hospital.

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The police said, "Three persons including ammunition factory employee and two laborers have been killed. The blast happened while unloading ammunition of 23mm."

It is learnt that the demolition ground at Central Ammunition Depot, Pulgaon was given to Ammunition Factory, Khamaria for their demolition activities.

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It is to be mentioned that t least 16 Defence personnel, including two Army officers, were killed in a massive fire that broke out at one of Asia's biggest ammunition depot in Pulgaon, Wardha in May 2016.