PALANPUR
: A chemical factory was gutted in fire at GIDC industrial estate near Dediyasan village of
Mehsana
on Wednesday afternoon. No person was injured in the incident that triggered panic among workers of neighbouring units. No person was injured in the incident.
At least four fire fighting teams were pressed into service to douse the fire that broke out at Linsol Polymer in plot 295 of Dediyasan GIDC. It took fire fighters from local
municipality
and ONGC over three hours to bring the blaze under control.
According to fire inspector Haresh Patel of Mehsana municipality said that the reason for the fire was not immediately known. The fire broke out at about 2.30pm had was brought under control at about 5.30pm, said Patel.
There were over 35 workers inside the factory when the fire broke out. They all managed to escape safely before the fire spread. Patel said that loss of property would be ascertained by factory owners.
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