Karnataka's Shimoga Blast LIVE Updates: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa confirmed that five quarry workers were charred to death in the huge dynamite blast that took place late on Thursday.
Shivamogga dynamite blast: Contractor of stone crushing facility among two detained, High-level probe ordered
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Updated: Friday, January 22, 2021, 11:58 [IST]
Shivamogga (Karnataka), January 22: Two bodies were recovered so far on Friday after a dynamite blast at a railway crusher site in Karnataka s Hunasodu village of Shivamogga district. The vehicle was badly mangled and the bodies of the victims were dismembered beyond recognition.
Two people have been detained and a high-level investigation ordered into the explosion in Shivamogga distric which left at least eight dead, police said on Friday. The detained included a contractor of a stone crushing facility where the blast occured when a truckload of gelatin sticks went off, police added.
Windowpanes and some buildings around the blast site were damaged. The incident happened at 10:20pm.
SHIMOGA: Five quarry workers were charred to death after gelatin sticks loaded on a truck exploded near Hunsodu, 7km from Shimoga late Thursday night. Five people have died in the explosion at a quarry in Hunasodu village of Shivamogga on Thursday. A compensation of Rs 5 lakh each has been announced for kin of the deceased, said chief minister BS Yediyurappa.
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