A boiler blast at miner and electricity generator NLC India Ltd’s plant in Neyveli in the southern state of Tamil Nadu kill at least six people, a local police official said, the second deadly boiler explosion in two months.
Police officer Suresh Kanan said 16 workers were hospitalized with injuries near the power plant in Tamil Nadu state.
Kanan said the cause of the blast was being investigated.
The plant is located at Neyveli, around 190 kilometers (120 miles) south of Chennai, the state capital. It employs 2,000 workers.
