12 injured in boiler blast in Assam
At least 12 workers of an aluminium manufacturing factory were seriously injured in an accidental blast of a boiler in Upper Assam on Friday.
By HT Correspondent | PTI, Dibrugarh
UPDATED ON FEB 08, 2008 05:44 PM IST
At least 12 workers of an aluminium manufacturing factory were seriously injured in an accidental blast of a boiler in Upper Assam on Friday.
Due to excessive heat, the boiler inside the Assam Aluminium company at Lahoal in Dibrugarh district exploded causing injury to the 12 workers, police said.
They have been shifted to the Assam Medical College hospital here in a critical condition.
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