Eight labourers suffer burns after molten iron falls on them in Punjab’s Ludhiana

Incident took place at Sahnewal steel factory when eight labourers on night duty were working near the furnace and smoke engulfed the block; condition of two of the injured critical

Eight labourers suffered burn injuries when molten iron suddenly fell on them from a furnace in a steel factory at Sahnewal in Punjab’s Ludhiana district on Thursday.

One of the victims said eight of them were working near the furnace when suddenly smoke engulfed the block and the molten metal fell on them at the steel factory in Sahnewal on Thursday. (Representational photo)

Police said the incident happened when the victims were on night duty in the factory. The injured were rushed to the local civil hospital, where the condition of two of them was stated to be critical.

Inspector Sukhdev Singh, the station house officer at Sahnewal, said that his team was investigating the matter.

One of the victims, Sanjay Shah, said eight of them were working near the furnace when suddenly smoke engulfed the block and the molten metal fell on them. Four of them escaped with minor injuries, but four needed to be hospitalised.