The blast took place at a railway quarry site at Hunasondi near village Abbalagere in the Shivamogga district around 10:15 pm Thursday, India Today reports. The possibility of subsequent explosions at the quarry has not been ruled out since some dynamite sticks are still live, the police said. The people who died in the explosion were reportedly transporting the explosives meant for mining in a truck when the incident occurred. The authorities have detained two people have been detained and ordered a high-level investigation into the explosion. The detainees include a contractor of a stone crushing facility where the blast occurred when a truckload of gelatin.

Source: bd News24 January 22, 2021 07:30 UTC