{"id":114146,"date":"2023-12-17T19:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T14:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=114146"},"modified":"2023-12-17T19:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T14:19:12","slug":"tragedy-strikes-nine-lives-lost-in-nagpur-explosion-at-solar-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=114146","title":{"rendered":"Tragedy Strikes: Nine Lives Lost in Nagpur Explosion at Solar Industries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-113928 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/New-Logo-Smal-2.jpg?resize=166%2C46&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"46\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">A<\/span>t least nine people, with more possible, were killed in an explosion that occurred on Sunday at an explosives manufacturing company in <a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=99262\">Nagpur<\/a> district, Maharashtra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">At 9 am this morning, an explosion occurred in a cast booster unit of Solar Industries in Bazaargaon, Nagpur. Emergency vehicles were stationed at the entrance of the Solar Industries factory.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_114148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114148\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Nine Lives Lost in Nagpur Explosion at Solar Industries\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-114148\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AA1lCjYz.jpeg?resize=722%2C481&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nine Lives Lost in Nagpur Explosion at Solar Industries\" width=\"722\" height=\"481\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AA1lCjYz.jpeg?w=534&amp;ssl=1 534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/AA1lCjYz.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 722px) 100vw, 722px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-114148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Nine Lives Lost in Nagpur Explosion at Solar Industries:<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">According to sources, the explosion has caused at least nine fatalities and is estimated to have injured between 10 and 15 people. It was reported that the process of packing explosives was underway when the blast occurred.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Ashish Srivastava, Senior General Manager at Solar Explosive Company, reported that the incident occurred around 9 am, resulting in nine fatalities. He went on to say, \u201cAll the workmen have been evacuated, and the authorities are investigating the incident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Reports say the company where the blast happened is involved in supplying explosives and other defence materials to the government\u2019s defence department. Aarti Sahare&#8217;s father informed reporters that he received news of her death at 9.30 am and is still awaiting more details.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=104389\">Devendra Fadnavis<\/a>, the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, was horrified by the explosion that resulted in nine fatalities and declared an ex-gratia of Rs 5 to the families of those who lost their lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">X On a tragic day, the minister wrote of the 9 people, 6 of them women, who had lost their lives in the explosion at Solar Industries in Nagpur. He paid his respects to them and their families, and said that the state government stands with them in this difficult time. Solar Industries manufactures drones and explosives for the defence forces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;blueLinks&quot;}\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Collector and Superintendent of Police of Nagpur are in close communication, with the IG, SP, and Collector present at the scene. Chief Minister Eknathrao Shinde has approved a relief of Rs 5 lakh to be given to the families of those who passed away due to the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least nine people, with more possible, were killed in an explosion that occurred on Sunday at an explosives manufacturing company in Nagpur district, Maharashtra. At 9 am this morning, an explosion occurred in a cast booster unit of Solar Industries in Bazaargaon, Nagpur. Emergency vehicles were stationed at the entrance of the Solar Industries [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"bottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"0","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"1","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"2","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[202],"tags":[16495,16490,16493,16499,16492,16494,16496,16500,16487,16497,9783,16489,16501,16491,16502,16488,16498],"class_list":["post-114146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-international","tag-6-women","tag-9-fatalities","tag-aarti-sahares-father","tag-collector","tag-defence-materials","tag-devendra-fadnavis","tag-drones","tag-eknathrao-shinde","tag-explosion","tag-ig","tag-maharashtra","tag-nagpur","tag-relief","tag-rs-5-ex-gratia","tag-rs-5-lakh","tag-solar-industries","tag-sp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":158589,"url":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=158589","url_meta":{"origin":114146,"position":0},"title":"Tragedy at Night: 4 Family Members Burned to Death After Refrigerator Explodes while Sleeping","author":"News Desk","date":"September 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A sudden explosion inside a refrigerator triggered a devastating house fire in Belagavi\u2019s Savata Galli area around midnight on Monday, killing four members of a single family and critically injuring two others, police said. 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