Hyderabad: In a bizarre and unexpected turn of events, after the fire fighters controlled the situation by dousing the flames on Friday morning, the flammable chemical powders kept in a room at Seutic Pharmaceuticals reacted with the water sprayed by firemen, causing another blast later that night.
The residents of the area who went to sleep assuming that the threat was over, were alarmed and stayed up the whole night in fear. Explaining the incident, the station house officer, fire, Jeedimetla, Sridhar Reddy said, “The flammable powders were kept in a room inside the Pharmaceutical firm where the water used to kill the flames reacted and due to the place being closed, the reactive substance got accumulated inside, leading to a blast.”
Regional fire Officer, central region, V. Papaiah said that post the explosion, the fire began spreading to other parts of the factory area as well and the place, having stored several chemicals, many of them inflammable, added to their task of dousing the fire.
Menwhile, residents of an area near Gampala Veedhi weremade the occupants vacate their homes following the second blast.
