India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where an explosion the previous day killed 17 people and injured nearly 40, a senior state official said.
The state’s worst such incident in recent years, Wednesday’s blast took place at the 40-acre (16-hectare) unit of privately held Escientia Advanced Sciences in the Anakapalli district, Reuters reported.
Nearly 40 people were injured and rescue operations had been completed, the official, Industries Secretary N. Yuvaraj said.
Source Bahrain News Agency
