Kota, November 15: Three people, including a child, were killed and five others injured in an explosion in Railway Colony here today, police said.
The blast occurred while two youths working on a Gadiya Lohar’s furnace were trying to melt and break a metallic ball type object provided to them by a scrape trader. The object exploded suddenly killing both the youths and a child on the spot.
Five persons present at the scene also sustained serious injuries in the blast, the police added.
The injured were admitted to the MB Hospital here, the police added.
—-Agencies