Nagpur, March 1 -- At least 15 persons were killed in a blast at an explosives factory in Maharashtra's Nagpur district on Sunday, police said.

The blast took place at the SBL Energy Limited factory, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil, they said.

The injured were shifted to a hospital in Nagpur immediately after the blast, the police said.

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