Thane: A massive explosion occurred at a chemical company in Manikivli MIDC, Badlapur, resulting in the entire company being completely burned down.   Fortunately, no workers at the company were harmed.

The company, named Rare Pharma, produces chemicals and is located in Manikivli MIDC, Badlapur. Around 4:30 AM , early Monday morning, while a process was underway in the reactor, an explosion suddenly occurred in the receiver. Following this, drums containing methanol, a flammable substance, caught fire, causing the entire company to be engulfed in flames.

The explosion was so intense that the receiver attached to the reactor flew off and crashed onto a chawl in the village of Manikivli. Three members of a family in this chawl – a man, a woman, and a small girl – were injured in the incident. Two of the injured have been sent to KEM Hospital in Mumbai for treatment, while one is being treated in Badlapur itself, as informed by fire officer Bhagwat Sonone.