Fire breaks out in Ambernath pharma factory; 1 dead, 3 injured
The fire erupted after a blast in a chemical section of Blue Jet Healthcare company and spread to other parts of the unit.;
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Thane: A worker died while three others suffered injuries after a fire broke out in a pharmaceutical factory in Ambernath town in Thane on Saturday afternoon, the official said.
The deceased has been identified as Suryakant Jimat.
The fire erupted after a blast in a chemical section of Blue Jet Healthcare company and spread to other parts of the unit.
Thane Municipal Corporation said the incident occurred at the nitration plant of Blue Jet Healthcare in MIDC unit two near the AMP gate on Saturday afternoon.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that medicines and materials, worth around Rs 8 crore, had been destroyed during a fire that gutted a warehouse of the state-run Kerala Medical Services Corporation Limited (KMSCL) in Kollam district.
Read also: Medicines, materials worth around Rs 8 crore destroyed in Kollam drug warehouse fire
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