Mumbai:
Officials on Sunday killed eight people, including three women and a child, in a large -scale fire in a factory in Solapur district of Maharashtra.
Prima Feshi, a younger in the circuit triggered the explosion at the Central Textile Mills located on Akkalkot Road in Solapur Midak, about 400 km from Mumbai, around 3:45 pm.
Individuals who died include the owner of the factory, who are identified as Haji Osman Hasanbhai Mansuri, three of his family members including his one and a half year old grandson and four workers.
An official said that the people who died included three women.
Due to the intensity of the explosion, it took five to six hours for fire brigade personnel to control the flames of fiery fire.
He said that fire fighting operations are going on.
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