Three Indian navy personnel were killed and 17 others injured, six of them seriously, in an explosion on a naval ship off the West Indian coastal town of Visakhapatnam, Indo-Asian News Service reported Thursday.
According to a navy spokesperson, the blast occurred Wednesday evening when a fire broke out in the dry powder box on INS Magar. Coast guard and naval ships controlled the fire in about 2 hours.
The ship was disposing of unused explosives off Vishakapatanam,the headquarters of Eastern Naval Command, 600 km east of New Delhi.
Visakhapatnam police said they were informed early Thursday and have sent a team along with navy officers to probe the incident.
The dead have been identified as Ashok Kumar, Shibtin Das and Bishen Singh. All the injured have been admitted to the naval hospital INHS Kalyani. The condition of six of them is stated to be critical.
The authorities did not speak out about the cause of the fire, the nature of explosives on ship or the extent of damage to the ship, which had taken part in 9th Presidential Fleet Review held at Visakhapatnam.
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