Bokaro: Four contractual workers sustained serious burn injuries on Sunday as fire broke out at Jharkhand's Bokaro Steel Plant, officials said.

The incident occurred when fire broke out in the Steel Melting Shop-2 (SMS-2) of the steel plant earlier in the afternoon.

The injured persons have been identified as Ranjit Mahata, Brajesh Mahata, Omprakash Mahali and Praveen Kumar.

Sources said that after the incident, all the injured were first taken to the plant medical unit, where after receiving first aid they were referred to the Bokaro General Hospital given the nature of the burn injuries.

According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a crane was lifting a ladle full of hot metal.

Suddenly, the crane rope broke, and the hot metal spilled onto the ground. This caused intense

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