Two killed in Telangana pharmaceutical reactor blast

Two people died and several others were injured following a reactor explosion and subsequent fire at Hazelo Lab Private Limited, a pharmaceutical unit in the Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana. The incident occurred late Friday night in the Pochampally mandal area during a shift change. Emergency responders and fire officials brought the blaze under control, and the injured were transported to nearby hospitals.

In a separate industrial incident in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district, an explosion at the Maa Chhinnamastika Cement and Ispat Private Limited sponge-iron factory resulted in the deaths of three engineers and left one person injured. The blast occurred during production work at the factory's power plant site, causing panic among night shift workers.