Meerut. A soap factory was being operated inside the house in front of Satyakam School in Lohia Nagar police station area. This soap factory belongs to Alok Gupta and Gaurav Gupta, residents of Shastri Nagar of Medical Police Station area. The factory was being run by taking Sanjay Gupta’s house on rent.
It is said that there was a massive explosion in the factory on Tuesday morning, due to which the workers present inside the factory were buried under the debris, due to which four people died. Five are seriously injured. After the incident, police force including SSP and DM have reached the spot.
Another explosion occurred while removing debris
NDRF team has also been called. During this time the work of removing debris was going on. Then suddenly there was an explosion again. After this, the debris of the house scattered to a distance of about 25 feet. Many people present at the spot were hit by pieces of brick on their heads. After that the police moved the crowd about 50 meters away from the incident site.
SSP Rohit Singh Sajwan said that till now the information has come to light that the boiler of the soap factory has exploded or some chemical used in soap has caused the explosion. It does not appear to be firecrackers. It is being investigated.