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The blast took place around 11.30 pm on Saturday at the chemical plant located in Boisar industrial area.

While Pune currently has an 'active case' load of 117,251, Mumbai follows next with 82,671 'active cases'

The district administration has also ordered the closure of all poultry farms and shops selling chicken for the next 21 days.

Maharashtra government had earlier informed the apex court that all guilty police officials have been punished or suspended from services.

On April 16, two seers and their driver, who were heading towards Surat from Mumbai in a car, were beaten to death by a mob in Palghar's Gadchinchlale village on suspicion that they were child-lifters.