Rourkela: Explosion in a steel plant located in IDC Kalunga area of Odisha's Rourkela city killed a worker and left two others critically injured.

As per reports, the mishap took place early this morning when a blast occurred at the furnace of the steel plant.

The deceased was identified as Chinmaya Behera of Jajpur. The injured ones-- Parameswar Kishan of Rourkela and Abhishek Kumar of Bihar-- were admitted to a private hospital in Vedvyas here.

The Brahmani Tarang police, on being informed about the incident, reached the spot and started investigation.

The reason of the explosion was yet to be ascertained.