9 dead, 100 injured in boiler blast at Indian power plant - police

At least nine people were killed and about hundred sustained injuries after a boiler exploded at a power plant in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, according to the police.

The magistrate of the Raebareli district, where the incident occurred, said that "an ash-pipe exploded due to pressure."

Hundreds of people were working at a newly installed unit, where the boiler pipe exploded, thus, many of them may be trapped around the blast site, Sputnik reports.

A 32-member team of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has been sent to the site of the explosion.