Ghaziabad, March 29 -- An early morning explosion in a boiler unit at a rubber factory in Ghaziabad killed three workers and left one injured, police said on Friday. The intensity of the blast was so severe that sections of the factory's wall collapsed, while scaffolding was bent outward by the force.

The explosion occurred around 3.45am at a unit of Nordstern Rubber and Rolls Private Limited near Bhojpur in Modinagar. Police identified the deceased as Avdhesh Kumar, 21, from Jahangirpur near Jewar; Yogendra Kumar, 48, from Bhojpur; and Anuj Kumar Prajapati, 27, from Modinagar. All were working overtime when the accident took place.

"Police teams found three workers dead on arrival," said Gyan Prakash Rai, assistant commissioner of poli...