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Indian authorities on Thursday ordered an inquiry to determine within seven days the cause of a blast at a coal-fired power plant that killed 26 people and injured more than 100 — one of the country\u2019s worst industrial accidents in years.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tMore than 20 survivors were battling for life with severe burn injuries following Wednesday\u2019s blast at the 1,550-megawatt plant operated by state-owned NTPC in northern Uttar Pradesh state, state officials said, according to reuters.<\/p>\n

\n\tArvind Kumar, a principal secretary, said some of the severely injured had been taken to a hospital in the state capital Lucknow.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBlockages in the flue gas pipe in a unit led to the blast. Hot flue gases and steam let out by the blast severely injured several workers,\u201d Sanjay Kumar Khatri, the top government official of Rae Bareli district where the plant is located, told Reuters on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA magisterial inquiry has been initiated. This two-member technical team will submit findings within seven days,\u201d Khatri said.<\/p>\n

\n\tNTPC is the country\u2019s top power producer and accidents have been rare at its facilities.<\/p>\n

\n\tSenior state police official Anand Kumar said in a statement posted online on Wednesday that ash had piled up in the furnace beneath the boiler, which led to building up of pressure resulting in the explosion.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe state government has offered cash compensation of 200,000 rupees ($3,097) to the families of the deceased, 50,000 rupees for the severely injured and half of that to those who sustained minor injuries, Khatri said.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe plant in the town of Unchahar supplies electricity to nine states, NTPC\u2019s website showed. But the company said other facilities would make up for the shortfall and outages were unlikely.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe 500 MW unit, where the mishap occurred, had been operating since April and is under shut down after the accident. The other five units of the station are operating normally, NTPC said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis is most unfortunate. NTPC has initiated an inquiry into the incident. We are not a company that will take any risk. We have so many units that if power cannot be supplied by one, it can be given by the other. It was a sudden accident,\u201d an NTPC official, who did not wish to be quoted, said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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