India News | Man Dies After Can Containing Chemical Falls, Explodes in Beed

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. One person was killed on Friday after a can containing a chemical exploded while being carried to a godown in Beed, some 125 kilometres from here, a police official said.

Aurangabad, Dec 18 (PTI) One person was killed on Friday after a can containing a chemical exploded while being carried to a godown in Beed, some 125 kilometres from here, a police official said.

The incident took place around 11:15am in Masarat Nagar, he added.

"The can contained some kind of chemical and there was an explosion after it fell to the ground. A labourer identified as Aniruddha Panchal died while two others were injured," he said.

An analysis of the chemical was underway, he added.

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