Overview
- A water boiler at Till Healthcare’s tablet-making unit in the Sri City SEZ exploded during the night shift on Saturday, causing a large fire and heavy damage inside the facility.
- Reports and officials have given differing tolls with PTI saying four died and several outlets and police sources reporting five fatalities while about 10 workers were seriously injured and taken to nearby hospitals.
- Rescue teams, police and hospital staff carried out evacuations and searched the site for trapped workers as emergency treatment continued through the day.
- Investigators from Andhra Pradesh police and SEZ authorities have begun technical inquiries to establish whether a boiler failure, a safety-system lapse or an operational fault caused the blast.
- State leaders expressed condolences and ordered support for victims and families, and the accident underscores the danger of pressure‑vessel failures in industrial units and may prompt tighter safety checks at SEZ factories.