Six killed due to fire that breaks out at chemical plant in India

SANAA, April 11 (YPA) – At least six people were killed after a fire broke out at a chemical factory at Dahej in Gujarat’s Bharuch district early on Monday early morning, the police said.

The blast on Sunday night took place in a hub for chemical and petrochemical manufacturing units at the state’s Dahej industrial estate, but its cause was not immediately clear.

“The factory has been completely gutted,” said Rajendrasinh Gohil, a police officer in Dahej. “Six people were charred to death.”

Fire officials said they had brought under control the flames at the Om Organic manufacturing plant, about 230 km south of the state’s commercial city of Ahmedabad.

E.M