Kabul, June 3 (IANS) A teenager was seriously injured after an unexploded device left over from the past wars went off in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province on Tuesday, said a statement of the provincial police office on Wednesday. The gruesome incident occurred in Gilan district when the ill-fated boy found a toy-like object and began playing with it, but the device exploded, the statement added, Xinhua News Agency reported. Afghanistan has been regarded as one of the most mine-contaminated …
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Changsha, May 5 (IANS) The fireworks plant explosion in central China’s Hunan Province has left 21 people dead and 61 others injured, authorities said Tuesday.The explosion occurred at around 4:43 p.m. Monday at the plant of Huasheng fireworks manufacturing and display company in Liuyang, a county-level city under Changsha, capital city of Hunan.More than 480 rescuers in five teams have been mobilised for the rescue, with three rescue robots deployed.As the explosion site is located near two bla…
Surat, March 11 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a chemical warehouse in the Sachin industrial area of Surat on Wednesday, triggering a series of explosions and initiating a large emergency response, officials said. The blaze erupted at a warehouse belonging to Aether Industries located in the Hoziwala compound in Sachin GIDC, where large quantities of chemicals were reportedly stored.Preliminary information indicated that several chemical drums caught fire, leading to repeated explosion…