Published - January 23, 2026 02:14 pm IST - RAIPUR Ambulances are seen outside the iron plant following an explosion, in Balodabazar on January 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: ANI VIdeo Grab The Chhattisgarh Government has sealed one of the kilns at a steel plant in Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, where an explosion killed six workers, after a preliminary probe found serious violations in the safety norms, officials said on Friday (January 23, 2026). Workers, most of them from Bihar and Jharkhand, were charred to death in the blast that occurred at Real Ispat and Power Ltd, in Bakulahi village on Thursday (January 22, 2026) morning.
