Ooty: Seven workers were injured, three of them seriously, in an explosion in the Cordite Factory, one of the country's oldest ordnance factory in Aruvangadu near Udhgamandalam today.
Sparks from a drilling machine apparently spread to the explosive material stored at some distance and caused the explosion, police said.
The sound of explosion could be heard outside the 110-year-old factory, producing nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin and propellants for small arms and ammunitions, police said.
Five workers had lost their lives in a similar blast in the factory when mixture of explosive dough exploded in November 2010.
Sparks from a drilling machine apparently spread to the explosive material stored at some distance and caused the explosion, police said.
The sound of explosion could be heard outside the 110-year-old factory, producing nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin and propellants for small arms and ammunitions, police said.
Five workers had lost their lives in a similar blast in the factory when mixture of explosive dough exploded in November 2010.
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