{
  "id": 11622902,
  "title": "Tirupati Blast: 5 Dead, 10 Critically Injured As Powerful Boiler Explosion Rocks Pharma Unit In Sri City; Rescue Ops Underway - VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/tirupati-blast-5-dead-10-critically-injured-as-powerful-boiler",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T05:53:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/tirupati-blast-5-dead-10-critically-injured-as-powerful-boiler-explosion-rocks-pharma-unit-in-sri-city-rescue-ops-underway-video"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A powerful boiler explosion at a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Tirupati's Sri City has claimed five lives and left ten others critically injured. The blast caused significant damage at the factory, with debris scattered over a large area. Police and emergency teams quickly arrived on the scene to launch rescue operations. The cause of the explosion remains undetermined, and rescue efforts are ongoing.",
  "summary": "A powerful boiler blast at a pharmaceutical manufacturing unit in Tirupati's Sri City, under Satyavedu mandal in Andhra Pradesh, has left at least five people dead and 10 others critically injured. The explosion caused extensive damage at the factory, with videos from the site showing debris scattered across a large area as police and emergency teams rushed to launch rescue operations. Tirupati,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}