A day after nine people were killed in a blast at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, two among those injured in the accident succumbed to burn injuries Wednesday taking the total toll to 11. Twelve people are undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, action has been taken against three senior officials of the steel plant– CEO M Ravi has been asked to step down while the General Manager, Safety and DGM Energy Management have been suspended. The blast took place around 10:30 am Tuesday when there was a fire in a gas pipeline of Coke Oven Battery Complex 11 during a “scheduled maintenance job.”

A day after nine people were killed in a blast at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh on Tuesday, two among those injured in the accident succumbed to burn injuries Wednesday taking the total toll to 11. Twelve people are undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, action has been taken against three senior officials of the steel plant– CEO M Ravi has been asked to step down while the General Manager, Safety and DGM Energy Management have been suspended. The blast took place around 10:30 am Tuesday when there was a fire in a gas pipeline of Coke Oven Battery Complex 11 during a “scheduled maintenance job.”