Motihari | Jagran News Desk: As many as four people were killed and five were injured in a boiler blast that took place in East Champaran of Bihar on Saturday.
The incident took place while the workers were preparing a mid-day meal for several schools in an NGO's kitchen in Sugauli, early morning today.
The injured have been shifted to Sugauli Primary Health Centre hospital for the treatment, said a police official adding that one of the victims was referred to Muzzafarpur hospital as his condition was critical.
According to Sugauli Police Station SHO, Rohit Kumar, the blast happened when the victims were engaged in cooking meals at the community kitchen in Bangra village. He further said that the meal was to be served to the students of government schools in the village.
"The boiler of the cooking plant of an NGO at Bangra Nagar panchayat area exploded when labourers were preparing mid-day meal to be supplied to schools," he said.
Sugauli Circle Officer (CO), Gyan Prakash said that an NGO was supplying mid-day meal in government schools of the Sugauli block after preparing the food at its centralised cooking plant.
East Champaran SP Upendra Kumar Sharma, quoted by Times of India, said that the blast was so strong that the bodies of the victim were smothered into pieces. He further said that the bodies have been sent to the Sadar hopital in Motihari for post-mortem.
Meanwhile, the government has announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakh each to the kin of the deceased. The government will also bear the expenses for treatment of those injured in the blast.