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Explosion in Kanpur based locomotive factory leaves one dead, four injured

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Kanpur: Explosion of a boiler at a factory in Kanpur's Panki area on Tuesday left one person dead and injured four others.

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Kanpur: 1 dead, 4 critically injured after a boiler at a factory in Panki exploded. Injured admitted to hospital. The factory deals with construction of parts of train pic.twitter.com/ofavmnByCo
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 13, 2019

The wounded were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment. The cause of the mishap is yet to be ascertained.

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The explosion occurred at the factory of Ved Sassomeccanica (India) Pvt. Ltd. which manufactures locomotives. The facility also manufactured parts for coaches of the Vande Bharat Express, India's first semi-high speed train. (ANI)

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