Boiler blast at NLC thermal power station injures eight

CHENNAI: At least eight workers of Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) India were injured and hospitalised when a boiler in one of the power units in Neyveli in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore district exploded on Thursday evening.

All the eight people, two employees and six contract workers, have been admitted to a private hospital Tiruchy. Of the eight, two have suffered 70 percent burns, while the rest have 30-50 percent burns.

The explosion comes as the nation suffered two other industrial tragedies on Thursday, the gas leak at a chemical plant in Vizag that has killed 11 people so far, and the gas leak at a paper mill in Chhattisgarh where seven workers were hospitalised after inhaling toxic gases.


The cause of the Neyveli mishap could not be ascertained immediately, however, fire rescue services and the police rushed to the spot to contain the explosion.

In a similar incident in June last year, one person died and two others were injured at the NLC premises.