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Victims thrown metres away as reactor explodes; probe orderedSatinder Pal SinghDera Bassi, August 24Sixteen workers were injured when a reactor exploded at a manufacturing unit of a pharmaceutical firm in Saidpura village near Dera Bassi here this afternoon. They said rescue operation began immediately after the incident and the injured were rushed to the Civil Hospital. Dera Bassi SMO Sangeeta Jain said the injured with minor burns were identified as Surinder (45), Ramesh (38) and Om Prakash (42). Employees said the explosion was deafening and those injured were thrown several metres away due to the impact of the blast. Dera Bassi SDM Pooja Siyal has directed the plant head to immediately cease operations at the unit..