At least 32 killed in Indonesia factory explosion

Samarth Srivastava
Published on: 26 Oct 2017 10:48 AM GMT
At least 32 killed in Indonesia factory explosion
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Jakarta: At least 32 workers were killed and 46 others injured in an explosion at an Indonesian fireworks factory on Thursday.

The incident occurred at around 9 a.m. at the factory located in Tangerang area.

"The bodies were fully charred and we are currently looking for more bodies," a police officer said.

According to the official, the explosion was triggered by a short circuit and the subsequent fire was caused due to too many raw materials stored in the building.

Samarth Srivastava

Samarth Srivastava

Employed as sub-editor at newstrack.com. A learner, who loves covering sports, entertainment and defence kind of stuff.

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