2 dead, 16 injured in boiler blast at IFFCO
PRAYAGRAJ : Two workers died and 16 were injured when a steam boiler of ammonia gas plant of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) located at Phulpur, around 30km from the Prayagraj district, exploded on Tuesday afternoon. Senior officials of IFFCO said the rescue operation began immediately and injured were rushed to hospital. An investigation into what caused the blast has also begun, they added. Meanwhile, a large number of kin of deceased and injured workers raised slogans against the members of the management, blaming them for the alleged negligence.
PRAYAGRAJ: Two workers died and 16 were injured when a steam boiler of ammonia gas plant of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) located at Phulpur, around 30km from the Prayagraj district, exploded on Tuesday afternoon.
Senior officials of IFFCO said the rescue operation began immediately and injured were rushed to hospital.
Around 8 ambulances of ‘108 service’ and 1 ALS ambulance were also pressed into service, claimed officials. An investigation into what caused the blast has also begun, they added.
Meanwhile, a large number of kin of deceased and injured workers assembled at the main gate of the IFFCO and raised slogans against the members of the management, blaming them for the alleged negligence.
They demanded immediate compensation to the relatives of the deceased and injured workers. Heavy force was deployed outside IFFCO as precautionary measure.
Public relation officer (PRO),
IFFCO, Phulpur, Sanjay Mishra said, “The entire unit was shut down for maintenance, only the power-plant was operational on Tuesday. At around 1.15pm, the boiler of the plant exploded because of which two workers,
Pradeep Yadav of Pali village of Phulpur and Babuji Yadav aka Vijay of Mungari village of Industrial area of Prayagraj died. While Pradeep died on the spot, Vijay breathed his last while on the way to a private hospital at
Prayagraj.”
Around half-a-dozen other persons are also being treated at the health centre of the plant, located within the premises of IFFCO, Ghiya Nagar, Phulpur.
Earlier on December 22, 2020, two officials had died and over a dozen staff got ill following ammonia gas leakage at the plant.
Earlier, in April 2019, four employees had fallen ill because of leakage of Ammonia and in May 2018, nine persons had fallen ill due to same reason. However, there were no causality in these two incidents.