No fewer than nine workers were killed in a blast on Sunday at a factory manufacturing drones and explosives in western India, the government disclosed.
The explosion occurred at Solar Industries India in Nagpur, Maharashtra, while the workers were in the parking lot.
“It is very unfortunate that nine people, including six women, died in the explosion at Solar Industries in Nagpur,” the state’s deputy chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, said on X, formerly Twitter.
He went on to say that the company makes drones and explosives for the country’s defense forces.
The families of those killed in the accident will each receive $6,000 from the state government.
Police have launched an investigation into the incident, which also injured at least three workers.
