A man was killed and several others received serious injuries in a gelatin stick explosion at a stone crushing machine plant in Chinnakodur Mandal of Siddipet district in the early hours of Wednesday. The victims were working at the Ali crushing Industry at Medipally Mallaram village when the explosion reportedly occurred.The body of the deceased was flung away due to the high-intensity blast. The deceased was not yet identified. The injured were rushed to Government Hospital, Siddipet. According to initial information available, a huge quantity of the gelatin sticks was stored at the crushing machine unit