Updated On: 24 May, 2024 08:34 AM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
Police registered a case of culpable homicide against the owners of the chemical factory in connection with Dombivli factory blast

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out due to a boiler blast in a chemicals factory. Pic/PTI
The death toll in the Dombivli factory blast rose on Friday morning, said officials. The officials told news agency PTI that the death toll rose to nine after the discovery of a person`s remains at the blast site in Dombivli.
According to the news agency report, the fire after blast was reported at Amudan Chemical Company in MIDC Phase 2 of Dombivli East. An eyewitness told the PTI that the blast was so loud that it could be heard a kilometre away.