Overview

• Workers reported smoke from a reactor for about 20–25 minutes before a powerful blast struck the unit around midnight.
• Hospitals in Nagpur treated more than 20 people after the explosion, with doctors saying two patients were in critical condition.
• Police, firefighters, and medical teams secured the site and moved the injured to nearby facilities as crowds gathered outside the gates.
• Free Press Journal reported this as the second major blast at the Bazargaon facility in less than two years, following a 2023 incident that killed nine workers.
• The incident comes days after a separate blast at a house-based firecracker operation in Lucknow, where police confirmed two deaths and five injuries.