Five workers killed, over ten injured in boiler explosion at Sri City SEZ in Andhra Pradesh

Five workers were killed and more than ten others injured when a boiler exploded at a factory inside the Sri City special economic zone in Andhra Pradesh, near Tirupati. The blast caused significant casualties at the facility, sending emergency services rushing to the site.

The state government announced an ex gratia payment of ₹50 lakh to the next of kin of each of the five deceased workers. Authorities also constituted a high-level committee to inquire into the circumstances that led to the explosion.

Sri City is a large integrated business city and SEZ located in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. The incident has raised fresh concerns about industrial safety standards at manufacturing facilities operating within special economic zones in the state.