NEW DELHI, March 26 (Xinhua) -- After hours of firefighting, a massive fire coupled with deafening explosions inside an ammunition factory in India's central state of Madhya Pradesh was brought under control and contained from spreading, officials said Sunday.
The fire broke out Saturday evening following an explosion at Khamaria ordnance factory in Jabalpur district, about 317 km east of Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh.
"The fire has been brought under control completely," Mahesh Chandra Choudhary, a senior official in Jabalpur told Xinhua over telephone. "The are no reports of anyone being injured or killed in the incident."
Officials said when the fire erupted in evening, majority of workers had left the factory.
Though authorities reportedly rushed around 50 fire tenders to the spot, it took several hours for the firefighters to contain the inferno.
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