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17 killed as major fire engulfs Pune sanitiser factory

  •   Mon, Jun 07 2021 08:07:27 PM

Pune, Jun 7 (IANS): At least 15 persons, mostly women, were killed in a major fire that broke out in a sanitiser manufacturing factory in a village of Pune district on Monday afternoon, officials said.

The blaze erupted around 3.30 p.m. in the private chemical company in the MIDC area of Pirangut village and quickly spread within the enclosed premises, trapping many of those working there.

While at least 15 persons perished in the blaze mostly due to suffocation, around 10 other workers are feared trapped or missing in the incident, said an official of Pune Rural Police Control.

Earlier, Tehsildar Abhay Chauhan said that 11 persons have lost their lives and rescue operations were going on in full swing.

Fire Brigade teams from MIDC, Mulshi, disaster rescue teams and others have rushed to the spot to battle the conflagration.

Eyewitnesses said that while many of the male workers managed to escape, at one point, the relief teams had to bulldoze a factory wall to rescue some others trapped inside the premises.
  

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  • sameer, Riyadh

    Mon, Jun 07 2021

    Obtain the safety audit logs, check if guidelines were followed. Book the authority which granted permission/clearance to operate if the company did not meet the safety compliance and standards. At least 80-85 % of SME and MSME factories do not meet safety standards or follow them. Now the government will come and provide ex-gratia or financial assistance to the families of the dead. It will penalise the company and book the owners, but will not book the authority/person who granted permission.

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