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Andhra News | Four killed in pharma company fire accident: Video

Four workers of a pharmaceutical company here died after a fire broke out at the unit on Wednesday.

Atchutapuram (Andhra Pradesh): Four workers of a pharmaceutical company here died after a fire broke out at the unit on Wednesday.

Anakapalli District Collector Vijaya Krishnan said the accident occurred around 2 pm at Escientia pharma plant. “We lost four employees.

The incident happened not because of a reactor blast,” Krishnan said. Officials suspect it to be an electricity-related fire.

Around 30 injured people were shifted to different hospitals in Anakapalli and Atchutapuram, she said. Further, the collector said 13 people trapped in the unit were rescued.

Source
PTI

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