India's Sigachi factory fire death toll rises to at least 36, official says


Rescue workers look for survivors after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory in the southern state of Telangana, India, June 30, 2025. - Reuters

HYDERABAD: At least 36 people died and 36 were injured in a factory fire in India's southern state of Telangana, a senior fire department official said on Tuesday (July 1), after an explosion at Sigachi Industries, a day earlier.

"We are still clearing the debris... The building has collapsed and fabricated completely," G. V. Narayana Rao, director of Telangana fire disaster response emergency, told Reuters.

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