As body parts of those killed in the Dombivli chemical factory blast last month remain at Kalyan’s Rukminibai hospital, Ulhasnagar Crime Branch officials said on Thursday that it may take months, or even years, to identify the remains. This comes just as the body and parts of one of the victims of this blast were claimed late Wednesday evening, following another fire and subsequent explosion in the area earlier that day.

The police stated that the death count as of now is 13. Ashok Koli, senior inspector of the Ulhasnagar Crime Branch, said, “Four people were identified earlier. The current data is based on blood samples matched from nine other people with their relatives.” He added that the relatives of these nine victims had arrived in Mumbai from places such as Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand during the initial days of the probe.