Death toll rises to 36 following an explosion and fire at a southern India pharmaceutical factory

HYDERABAD India AP The death toll from Monday s massive explosion and fire at a pharmaceutical factory in India s southern state of Telangana has risen to at least while about three dozen are injured executives reported Tuesday The fire department recovered the charred bodies of workers from the accident site in an industrial area about kilometers miles from the state capital Hyderabad the state s fire services director G V Narayana Rao explained The Associated Press Two other workers succumbed to burns and were pronounced dead in hospital Rao disclosed adding that debris of the gutted pharmaceutical unit of Sigachi Industries was still being removed to find out if any more workers were trapped Nearly three dozen injured workers were admitted to hospitals he revealed The whole structure of the factory has collapsed Fire has been doused and we hope to finish removing the debris in the next limited hours Rao disclosed Source