{"id":16444,"date":"2025-01-24T21:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=16444"},"modified":"2025-01-24T21:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T16:06:46","slug":"8-killed-7-injured-in-massive-explosion-at-ordnance-factory-in-indias-maharashtra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/8-killed-7-injured-in-massive-explosion-at-ordnance-factory-in-indias-maharashtra\/","title":{"rendered":"8 killed, 7 injured in massive explosion at ordnance factory in India&#8217;s Maharashtra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>At least eight people were killed and seven others injured Friday in a massive explosion inside an ordnance factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The blast took place around 10:30 a.m. local time at the factory in Bhandara district, about 830 km east of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. Firefighters rushed to the spot to contain the situation.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion caused the roof of the factory to collapse and trap the workers.<br \/>\nAuthorities have brought in an excavator to remove the debris and look for the trapped ones. The injured were removed to the hospital in ambulances.<\/p>\n<p>Reports said the sound of the blast was heard in a five-km radius. Accidental explosions are common in Indian factories as owners and workers usually ignore safety standards.<br \/>\nIndia&#8217;s Defense Minister Rajnath Singh expressed sadness over the blast, offered condolences to the families of the deceased, and prayed for the quick recovery of the injured.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rescue teams are deployed at the site. All efforts are being made to provide assistance to those who are affected,&#8221; Singh in a brief statement posted on social media said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least eight people were killed and seven others injured Friday in a massive explosion inside an ordnance factory in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, local officials said. The blast took place around 10:30 a.m. local time at the factory in Bhandara district, about 830 km east of Mumbai, the capital city of Maharashtra. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16447,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16444\/revisions\/16447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}