The death toll in Friday’s explosion in a GAIL pipeline in Andhra Pradesh’s East Godavari district Saturday rose to 17 while a high-level committee began its probe.
Two injured, including a five-year-old girl, succumbed at a hospital in Kakinada Saturday, taking the toll to 17.
The explosion and fire in the pipeline Friday morning killed 15 villagers in Nagaram village in the coastal district, about 550 km from here.
Officials said 21 injured were undergoing treatment at hospitals in Kakinada, Amalapuram, Rajole and Nagaram. The condition of seven of them is stated to be critical.