Thane: Three more bodies were recovered on Friday morning from the site of a boiler blast in Dombivli area of Thane district in Maharashtra, bringing the death toll to 10, said officials.
The blast occurred at a chemical plant on May 23, causing a massive fire that continues to necessitate cooling operations.
Dattatray Shelke, Fire Officer at Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) confirmed the fatalities and reported an ongoing cooling operation.
"There is a paint company just beside the premises. There is still a little fire there. Cooling operations are underway and 3 more bodies were recovered this morning. No one has come forward yet claiming that any of their family members or acquaintances are trapped here.
If someone comes forward, we will start the rescue operation. Initially, it was very difficult, but now the cooling operation is underway, so things are better," Shelke said.
Sarang Kurve, Assistant Commandant of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said that the situation is under control.
"The fire is under control. The situation is now under control and we have recovered three bodies and the rescue operation is still going on. A total of 8 bodies have recovered till now 5 yesterday and 3 today.
There was fire and hazardous chemicals were also there so we faced a lot of trouble during the rescue operation. We worked in hazardous conditions," Kurve said. (with Agency inputs)
