Bhubaneswar blast
Bhubaneswar: The explosion at a petrol pump near Raj Bhavan square in the capital city of Odisha on Wednesday afternoon not injured many but also left a trail of destruction in the vicinity as far as a few hundreds of feet away.
Local residents narrated their horrific experience of how a deafening sound followed by a fire spitting high into the sky from the filling station damaged several houses, vehicles and also injured many.
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Special secretary of the Home Department, Santosh Bala's residence was one of the buildings which suffered extensive damage in the incident.
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A forensic team was roped in to begin a probe in to the incident.
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Nearby offices of the LIC and Union Bank also suffered damages.
As per official sources, as many as 9 persons suffered injuries at the explosion site. All of them were rushed to Capital Hospital while two of them were shifted to Cuttack SCB Hospital due to their critical condition.
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In the latest development, two containers reached the mishap spot to transfer remaining gas from the blast site.
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