In an unfortunate incident, 3 people died after a massive fire broke out at a textile dyeing-and-printing mill near Bardoli town of Gujarat. Importantly, 10 workers were rescued from the three-storey building.
Reportedly, the mill is located at Palasena near Bardoli in Surat district. As the blaze was categorised as `major’, 15 firefighting vehicles and 100 firemen were pressed into service.
News agency PTI quoted Bardoli’s Chief Fire Officer PB Gadhvi saying that the charred bodies of three persons, hired for a carpentry job, were found on the first floor of the building. The fire broke out around 3.30 am and was brought under control after 12 hours.
The officer added that the locals claimed that a short circuit followed by blasts of gas cylinders started the fire. The flames spread quickly as there were highly flammable chemicals, dyes and yarns inside the building. Consequently, a large quantity of apparels and raw materials were destroyed.
In a separate incident of fire, a worker at a spinning unit in Panipat (Haryana) died.
