Chandigarh, Aug 6 || At least two people were killed and three others injured in a high-intensity blast at an oxygen-making unit in Punjab's Mohali, near here, on Wednesday, police said.
Around 25 employees were present in the unit, located in the Industrial Area in Phase 9, when the blast took place.
High Tech Gases Private Limited supplies medical oxygen to the PGI, Chandigarh, and other government hospitals in the region.
The cause of the blast is yet to be known.
Senior police and civil administration officials, including the sub-divisional magistrate, rushed to the spot immediately after the blast was reported.
Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Damandeep Kaur confirmed the incident.
The police did not rule out the possibility of gas leakage and vacated nearby buildings as a precaution.
Locals said windows of nearby buildings were shattered by the impact. Mutilated body parts were strewn at the blast site, with oxygen cylinders lying around.
Debris of the cylinders also fell at Kambala village, around one km away, locals said.
Police, fire tenders and ambulances were engaged in the relief and rescue operation.
The deceased have been identified as Asif, a resident of Lucknow, and Davinder. Asif joined the factory nearly one and a half years ago.