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Gujarat: Gas leak blast in at ship breaking yard claims 5 lives

by IBNS 28 Jun 2014, 11:07 am

Bhavnagar, June 28 (IBNS): At least five persons were killed and ten others were injured in an explosion that occurred at the Alang ship breaking yard in Bhavnagar district in Gujarat on Saturday, reports said.

gas leak at plot number 140 triggered the blast.

The ship breaking work was in progress when the blast occurred.

The injured have been admitted to a private hospital in Bhavnagar.

This came a day after GAIL pipeline fire in Andhra Pradesh on Friday which claimed at least 15 lives.

More details are awaited.