NTPC power plant explosion

NTPC power plant explosion
Date1 November 2017
Time3:30 p.m. (IST)
VenueFeroze Gandhi Unchahar Thermal Power Station
LocationUnchahar, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates25°54′52″N 81°19′36″E / 25.91444°N 81.32667°E / 25.91444; 81.32667
TypeBoiler explosion
CauseUnknown
Deaths38
Non-fatal injuries90+

The NTPC power plant explosion was a boiler explosion that occurred on 1 November 2017 at a newly commissioned 500-megawatt unit of the Feroze Gandhi Unchahar coal-fired power plant. The plant is operated by government-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) Limited, in Unchahar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The explosion killed 32 people who may have been cleaning ash from the boiler's interior.