Eleven people were injured following an explosion, resulting in a fire, in one of the gas holders at Tata Steel’s Jamshedpur plant on Thursday.

One person is seriously injured and 10 persons have minor injuries. All of them are undergoing treatment at Tata Main Hospital at Jamshedpur, Tata Steel said in a statement.

The fire has been extinguished and the gas leakage arrested. All vital installations have been isolated and are safe. There is no danger of any gas leakage from the steel plant, it added.

>rajesh.kurup@thehindu.co.in

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