High Explosives Factory

Several residents of Pune complained of nausea, headache and sore throat following a leakage of waste acid at the High Explosives Factory (HEF) in Khadki area of the Maharashtra town yesterday morning.

An explosion on Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin, causing major damage to nearby buildings and injuring numerous people.

Several residents of Pune complained of nausea, headache and sore throat following a leakage of waste acid at the High Explosives Factory (HEF) in Khadki area of the Maharashtra town yesterday morning.

An explosion on Wednesday night at a fertilizer plant sent flames shooting high into the night sky, leaving the factory a smoldering ruin, causing major damage to nearby buildings and injuring numerous people.