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Death toll rises to 17 in blast at Indian pharmaceutical factory

 Published: 11:54, 22 August 2024

Death toll rises to 17 in blast at Indian pharmaceutical factory

India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at a pharmaceutical manufacturing plant where an explosion the previous day killed 17 people and injured nearly 40, a senior state official said.

The state's worst such incident in recent years, Wednesday's blast took place at the 40-acre (16-hectare) unit of privately held Escientia Advanced Sciences in the Anakapalli district.

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