Three persons suffered serious burn injuries and around 12 others were injured following a blast at the public sector Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) in the Eloor industrial belt this morning. The blast occurred around 11 a.m. as carbon disulphide(CS2) was being off-loaded from a tanker. Those seriously injured, including company officials, had suffered 60 to 80 per cent burns. District Collector Mohammed Y. Safirulla told reporters that the situation was fully under control and efforts were on to off-load the remaining quantity of carbon disulphide without further complications. District collector K. Mohammed Y. Safirulla and officials of Factories and Boilers Department, police and Pollution Control Board also visited the site.

Source: The Hindu November 02, 2016 06:56 UTC