After a massive fire which broke out in a portion of a chemical manufacturing facility in the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on Thursday evening 700 people living in the vicinity of the factory were shifted to safer places.
While seven people who inhaled the gas were admitted to the hospital. The cause of fire at Deepak Nitrite’s chemical manufacturing facility, which is located in Nandesari industrial area on the outskirts of Vadodara, was not known as yet.
According to fire officials, as many as 17 fire tenders, including from the GSFC fire station, were rushed to the spot along with the Quick Response Centre from Jarod to bring the fire under control, which has engulfed a major part of the premises.
No casualty has been reported so far.