One dead, 3 injured, five vehicles damaged in fire in fire-cracker shop in Anand

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.

DeshGujarat