Nashik, Sep 25 (PTI) Eight people were injured in a blast that took place while a gas pipeline was being installed and tested in a hotel in Nashik in Maharashtra, police said on Saturday.

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The incident took place late Friday night in Khandobanagar in Pathardi Shivar locality, an Indiranagar police station official said.

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"Eight people working in the kitchen were injured. A probe by fire brigade and police officials into the cause of the incident is underway," he said.

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