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Death toll from India's power plant boiler blast rises to 17

NEW DELHI: (Bernama-Xinhua) The death toll in a boiler blast at a power plant in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh has risen to 17, police said on Wednesday (April 15), reported Xinhua.

The blast took place on Tuesday at the Vedanta power plant in Singhitarai village of Sakti district, about 228 kilometres northeast of Raipur, the capital city of Chhattisgarh.

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India , boiler blast , power plant , Chhattisgarh , Vedanta , Singhitarai village , Sakti district , Raipur , State Disaster Response Force , superheated steam , magisterial inquiry

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