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.
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.
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.
The 53-year-old Blue Jet Healthcare company manufactures integrated contrast media intermediates for X-ray and MRI procedures, the website of the firm states.
The company has manufacturing units in Shahad, Mahad and two units in Ambernath industrial area.
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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.
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