Two dead, 120 injured, in explosion at Indian chemical factory

An explosion at a chemical factory in western India has killed at least two people and injured more than 120, officials said.

The powerful explosion, caused by a malfunction in the factory's boiler, shattered windows in buildings near the factory in Dombivli in Maharashtra state.

Government spokesman Anirudh Ashtaputre said a fire at the site was contained by early evening.

The explosion reduced the two-story structure to rubble.