20140322 India Major fire in Ambernath factory, top official killed
India Mar 22 2014 “Factories”
Dead : dead 1 to 4 Burnout : 0 or unknown Injured : injured 1 to 9
Major fire in Ambernath factory, top official killed
Updated: 2014-03-25-19:05
One of the directors of the company, S Narayan, was killed in the fire at Hanaka Organics Pvt Ltd.
MUMBAI: A major fire broke out at Hanaka Organics Pvt Ltd building in the Morivali MIDC area situated in Ambernath city on Tuesday afternoon. One of the directors of the company was killed in the fire while four others, including a fire brigade official were injured in the incident.
S Narayan is one among three directors of the company which was established in 1984. The fire officials said that the incident happened during lunch time when out of 9 people, 6 labourers were inside the canteen situated near the main gate. The men managed to escape after noticing the fire. The officials found that Narayan was inside company building and could not manage to escape.
The fire officials from Ambernath MIDC said they received a fire call at around 1.35pm from company after which they rushed to the spot and also alerted to nearby fire brigade offices. The fire was brought under control after three hours at about 4.30 pm.
The flames engulfed all the three units of the factory. The Ambernath police is probing the matter and said the cause of the fire is yet to ascertained.
Websource：The times of India
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