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Five workers killed, many injured in blast at chemical unit in Gujarat’s Bharuch

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Five workers killed, many injured in blast at chemical unit in Gujarat’s Bharuch
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As many as five workers were killed and five others injured after an explosion ripped through a chemical manufacturing unit in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, officials said on Saturday (October 17, 2026).

The blast occurred around 10 p.m. on Friday (October 16) during a hydrogenation process at SynZeal Pharmachem in the Saykha GIDC area in Vagra taluka, triggering a toxic leak of methylene dichloride (MDC) gas, they said.

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SynZeal Pharmachem, set up in Saykha only a year ago, has been manufacturing pharma intermediaries, Bharuch Sub-Divisional Magistrate Manisha Manani said.

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