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Two killed, one injured as sulphur tank explodes at sugar factory in Jalna district 

Partur police have registered an accidental death case and have begun a probe

mumbai, explosionThe accident took place on Thursday afternoon in Bagehswari Sugar Factory in Partur.

Two persons died and one was injured after a sulphur tank exploded at a sugar factory in Maharashtra’s Jalna district, an official has said.

The accident took place on Thursday afternoon in Bagehswari Sugar Factory in Partur, some 390 kilometres from here, he said.

“While work was underway at the factory, a sulphur tank exploded. The deceased have been identified as Ashok Tejrao Deshmukh (56), a resident of Sindkhedraja, and Partur resident Appasaheb Shankar Parkhe (42). One person is hospitalised with injuries,” he said.

Partur police have registered an accidental death case and have begun a probe, the official said.

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