HAZARIBAG: Three more workers, who were seriously injured after an explosion in a steel plant in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district, died on Wednesday, an official said.
The death toll in the blast rose to five.
Two workers of the factory had died on Tuesday when the explosion occurred in an induction furnace of the plant at Barhi, the official said.
“Altogether seven workers were injured in the blast. While two of them died yesterday, three others succumbed today,” Hazaribag Deputy Commissioner Nancy Sahay said
She said that the condition of two other injured who are in a Hazaribag hospital is stated to be stable.
Barhi police station in-charge Chandra Sekhar Kumar said one person died during treatment in Hazaribag on Tuesday, while four workers were referred to Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi.