10 killed in explosion at limestone quarry in Andhra

Ten labourers were killed in a massive explosion while unloading detonators from a vehicle at a limestone quarry in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district on Saturday morning, police said. “The explosion occurred when the workers were unloading bundles of detonators from a vehicle for using them for limestone mining,” Kadapa superintendent of police KKN Anburajan told Hindustan Times. According to Porumamilla police inspector K Mohan Reddy said all nine labourers who were unloading the explosives and the driver of the vehicle died on the spot, adding that no one was injured in the explosion. Soon after the incident, inspector Reddy along with sub-inspectors of Kalasapadu and Porumamilla police stations rushed to the spot, police said.