Three persons were killed while four others critically injured in a major fire which broke out at a paint manufacturing unit located in the city’s Bhanpuri locality on Monday afternoon, a senior police official informed.
The fire broke out in a container filled with Kerosene at the factory of one Prateek Saggar (39) leading to a massive explosion in the factory, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) (City) Vijay Agrawal said.
The factory was illegally operating in the area. The fire brigade and emergency services were rushed to the spot to evacuate managers and employees of the factory, he said. The deceased were identified as factory owner’s father Krishna Saggar (76) , two labourers identified as Sangeeta Vishwakarma (28) wife of Indrajeet Vishwakarma and Abhishek Singh (16) son of Sushil Singh, Agrawal informed.
The names of injured are-- Prateek Saggar (39), wife Shweta Saggar (36) , two labourers R Ratna (37) and Suraj Prakash (21), the ASP added. He said that the deceased Krishna, Sangeeta and Abhishek died on the spot.The injured were immediately rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital, he said, adding the condition of the injured factory owner Prateek and his wife Shweta are said to be critical.