Bengaluru: Three workers sustained injuries when a boiler exploded inside a chemical factory in Karnataka’s Attibele Industrial Area on the southeastern fringes of Bengaluru on Friday afternoon. Four others standing at a shop opposite to the factory complained of breathlessness as thick smoke billowed out of the explosion site and were rushed to the hospital and provided first aid.
The explosion took place around 1.20 pm at the chemical factory Vaddarapalya in the Attibele Indusrial Area, Anekal taluk, which is around 30 km from the city centre. Locals staged a flash demonstration in front of the unit, alleging that the air pollution caused by the factory is forcing them to breathe toxic air.
“Of the three factory workers injured in the blast, one has sustained serious injuries,” Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru Rural, Kona Vamsi Krishna said. While M Suryanath, 27, and V Munegowda, 30, sustained minor burns and breathing issues, B Jnanavelu, 22, suffered burns on both his hands, right shoulder and waist.
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