Gujarat: One killed, two injured in furnace blast at Vadodara powder coating firm

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One person was killed and two injured in a blast in an electric furnace of a powder coating firm in Gujarat's Vadodara city on Monday, a police official said.

Dilawar Kachwala (70), the owner of Kachwala Brothers, a powder coating firm located in Sardar Estate, was injured in the blast and died while being taken to a hospital, said sub inspector Shailesh Vasava of Bapod police station.

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"The two injured have been hospitalised. The blast did not cause a fire but it left the structure heavily damaged," fire officer Nikunj Azad said.

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