04th Aug :- A stone explosion in Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh killed 11 people, while four people were injured. In this blast, the workers who are working in the mines in the mine are being told.
Officials of Alluru Police Station say that the number of dead can increase.
#UPDATE: Two more people died in the stone quarry blast in Kurnool's Hathi Belgal, taking the death toll to 11. Four people are injured & admitted to the hospital. https://t.co/cCOc3IO1tN
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At least 10 people died in a massive blast that took place at a stone quarry in Kurnool district's Hathi Belgal
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According to District Superintendent of Police (SP) J Gopinath, the workers who died in the blast are residents of Bihar, Odisha and Chhattisgarh. These laborers used to break stones in the mine and load them into trucks.
He said that five bodies have been recovered so far, while the injured people have been admitted to the hospital after being hit by the blast.
Gopinath told that at the time of the blast, 15 people were working in the mine. Trying to find the remaining laborers missing in the mine.