Five persons were killed and 15 injured in a blast in a glass factory in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana on Friday, police said.

A tank in the factory at Shadnagar exploded around 4.30 pm, they said.

The injured have been rushed to a hospital and their condition was stated to be out of danger, police said.

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