Updated On: 19 September, 2025 12:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Five workers were present at the site during the mixing of metal and acid, a highly reactive process that triggered an explosion, said Vivekanand Kadam, chief of the Palghar District Disaster Management Cell

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The officials on Friday said that one worker was killed and four others sustained injuries in an explosion at a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Palghar district, reported news agency PTI.
The blast occurred at Limbani Salt Industries around 7.30 pm on Thursday, they said.