Paderu, Oct. 24 -- In a massive explosion, seven persons, including a lady teacher, were killed when gelatin sticks being transported in a vehicle exploded at an under construction ghat road vehicle caught fire at PC Mamidi village in ASR district on Saturday.
The blast was so massive that five bodies were blown into pieces with limbs strewn at a distance and the vehicle itself got mangled under the impact of the collision.
Police said that the explosion was triggered when diesel was being filled up to a vehicle in which gelatin sticks were transported for blasting the hillock for road construction. Flares erupted and the vehicle caugfht fire and went in flames with a big bang.
The deceased were identified as government school teacher Su...