Fire in chemical factory: 3 workers charred to death in Udaipur

Our Correspondent

Jaipur, January 24

Three workers were charred to death and seven others received burns after a chemical factory caught fire in Udaipur’s Sukher industrial area on Monday evening.

Fire could be extinguished by midnight. Two charred bodies were found on Monday night and another on Tuesday morning, Udaipur Additional SP Sudhir Joshi said.

Of the seven injured two are serious; all of them were admitted to local MB government hospital there.

Deepak Chemical Factory producing chemicals and solvents used for marble treatment caught fire around 3 pm, and the fire tenders were called.

There were a series of blasts in the chemical containers leading to high flames. The entire factory was gutted.

Officials from four police stations mounted the rescue operation; Collector Rohit Gupta supervised the rescue teams. 

People from the nearby factories, hotels and commercial units were evacuated as a precaution. 

The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.