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Explosion kills one, injures six

One person died and six others were injured in a blast at a pharma company's unit in Nagpur district. The blast occurred in a glass line reactor of the unit, the cause was not immediately known. 
 
According to reports, a chemical slurry at approximately 125°C splashed onto six workers Eyewitness accounts suggest the explosion was triggered by a  pressure build-up in one of the facility's six reactors. A senior police official stated that the explosion took place at around 11 am, killing one person and injuring half a dozen others. All the injured are undergoing treatment at hospital and one of them is in critical condition.