Tea making machine blasts in Surat, two dead

Surat: Two persons died a tragic death this morning in Amroli area of Surat city when a tea-making machine in a tea shop suddenly blasted, police said.

The machine in one Nilkanth Tea and Coldrink shop situated near Sudama Chowk suddenly blasted at around 6 am in the morning. The gas pressure in the electric run machine had suddenly increased leading to the blast killing Mahavirsinh Pawar (48) and Kishor Pawar (45) on the spot. They had sustained lethal injury in their head and face by the pieces of stone made platform on which the machine was kept, police said.

The deceased were workers employed by the tea stall owner and used to live in the shop itself. They were said to be residents of Ujjain in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh.

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