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Eight injured in Tamil Nadu's Neyveli Lignite Corporation power plant boiler explosion

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At least eight workers were injured in a boiler explosion at Neyveli Lignite Corporation power plant at Cuddalore district in Tamil Nadu. As per initial reports, the explosion was caused due to the above normal temperature in the boiler. The explosion took place in the sixth unit of the second power plant and the blast set ablaze the oil that was stored nearby. A total of five fire tenders have brought the fire under control.