India: Fire broke out at a chemical factory, around 4 workers dead one injured

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MAHARASHTRA, 20 March, 2021 (TON): Fire broke out at a chemical factory in Maharashtra that caused at least 4 workers dead and one other injured, police said.

The blaze, the cause of which is not clear, was reported at around 9.15 a.m. at the Gharda Chemicals Ltd. factory in Lote-Parshuram MIDC complex.

Statement from an official of the Khed police station said, “The five persons were trapped inside, and the firemen managed to rescue one. The charred bodies of four others were later found in the operation.”

However, immediately the injured worker was taken to a nearby government hospital for treatment, while the bodies of the four deceased were sent to a morgue for autopsy and other formalities.

 

 

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