One dead, 3 injured, five vehicles damaged in fire in fire-cracker shop in Anand
February 02, 2017
Anand: One person died while three others injured, one critically, in a fire which suddenly broke out in a fire-cracker shop in Bholenath road area of Anand town in Central Gujarat this morning, police said.
One charred dead body, seemingly of a woman, was brought out by the fire-fighters.
The fire, the reason of which is not yet know, spread quickly and engulfed three other shops situated beside the fire-cracker shop.
Three injured people with one critically sustaining severe burn injuries have been admitted to hospital. A car and 4 two wheeler parked close-by have also been damaged owing to the fire.
The fire cracker shop was completely burnt by the time the fire was doused by the 3 fire fighting vehicles.
Notably two woman workers had died in another such incident when a fire had broken out in a fire-cracker factory in Vach village on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on January 21.
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