Bardoli: Three people were killed in a massive fire which broke out at a textile dyeing and printing mill located at Palasena near Bardoli town of Gujarat on early Thursday morning. The fire broke out around 3.30 am and was brought under control after 12 hours.
While ten workers were rescued from the three-storey building, charred bodies of three persons, hired for a carpentry job, were found on the first floor, Bardoli’s chief fire officer P B Gadhvi said. The deceased were carpenters hired to make office furniture by the mill’s owner, the officer said. ‘They had slept on the first floor of the mill after finishing their work. As the fire spread quickly, they got stuck….We recovered the charred bodies after the flames were brought under control in the afternoon. The entire building was gutted’, he added.
15 firefighting vehicles and 100 firemen from Bardoli, Surat, Sachin, Vyara, Gandevi, Navsari, Bilimora and also from two private firms were pressed into service. Most of the workers came out safely with the help of local people after the fire started spreading. Firemen rescued another 10 workers who had got stuck in the rear part of the mill.
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Locals claimed that a short circuit followed by blasts of gas cylinders started the fire. The flames spread quickly because there were highly flammable chemicals, dyes and yarns inside. A large quantity of ready-made garments and raw material were destroyed in the incident.
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