At least seven workers of an agro oil factory were injured in a massive fire, which broke out in the early morning hours in Mandideep area of neighbouring Raisen district on Thursday. It took around three hours and 12 fire fighting vehicles to pacify the fire, which broke out in Sanwaria Agro Oils ltd factory in the morning injuring on duty workers. The fire, which broke out near the place where oil is produced, turned massive after the fodder caught fire at around 8.30 am.
Soon after the fire broke out, fire brigade was informed and on the receipt of the information fire tender vehicles from Mandideep, Vardhamaan factory and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) were rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation. Workers who sustained around 20 per cent were provided treatment in Mandideep while the one of the injured who sustained severe burn injuries was referred to Bhopal for treatment.
The injured were identified as Surat Ahirwar, Vimala Singh, Maniram, Kamla Bai, Arvind Kumar, Bhagwat Naagar and Babulal Yadav. Bhagwat Naagar sustained critical injuries and was referred to Bhopal for treatment. Sanwaria Agro Oils ltd factory produces Soyabean oil.
Sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Mandideep, Rajesh Shrivastava said that the probable reason of fire is short circuit and leakage of Hexene gas which is used in the manufacturing of the oil could be other reason of the incident but at present it is not possible to figure out the reason of the fire and would be investigated. In the fire goods worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in fire but the company officials have not provided the information regarding loss.