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Article

27 Jun 2010

Author:
Eric Bellman, Wall Street Journal

Blast Kills Three at Coke Bottler in India

An explosion at an Indian Coca-Cola bottling plant killed three workers in the Eastern state of Orissa...Three employees of a boiler services firm, Steamax Fuel Supplier, were killed and five others were injured Friday by boiler explosion at the Khurda plant of Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages…"The boiler was in good working condition and was last inspected and approved by the Directorate of Factories and Boilers in December 2009," according to a news release from Hindustan Coca-Cola. "The plant has been closed since the date of the accident in order to conduct a thorough investigation into the cause…"