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Two Workers Die in Kanpur Tyre Oil Factory Fire
- •Two workers were charred to death in a fire at a tyre oil factory in Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh.
- •The incident occurred at the Om JVRD factory near Jariha village, where workers were loading tyres into a tank.
- •The deceased workers were on a 30-ft-high tank when the fire erupted and fell to the ground; four other workers and a tanker driver escaped.
- •The factory owner alleged that workers carrying bidis into the storage area might have caused the fire, a claim police are investigating.
- •Chief Fire Officer Prateek Srivastava reported the fire was controlled within 40 minutes using foam and cooling techniques.
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The factory owner, Ramesh Chandra Gupta, stated that workers had previously been caught carrying bidis into the storage area and suggested that workers bringing bidis inside again might have triggered the fire. Police are currently investigating this claim alongside the exact cause of the blaze.
Two workers were charred to death after becoming trapped on a nearly 30-foot-high tank and falling to the ground when the fire erupted. Four other workers and a tanker driver managed to escape safely from the scene.
Chief Fire Officer Prateek Srivastava stated that six fire tenders were deployed to the scene after the fire broke out around 5:30 pm. Firefighters used foam and cooled the adjoining tank, bringing the flames under control in about 40 minutes.
