Hyderabad witnessed an explosion at a drug manufacturing plant that set fire on Saturday.
The explosion took place about 1 p.m. at Vindhya Organics in the Bollaram Industrial Development Area in the Sangareddy district of Telangana, part of the Hyderabad metropolitan area.
“A solvent was kept for some reaction after which it caught fire. The injured have been shifted to hospital. A rescue operation is on,” the police said.
There were over 100 workers in the warehouse who tried to get out and the fire was quickly brought under control.