Massive fire in Kusa Chemicals plant in Panchmahal

Massive fire in Kusa Chemicals plant in Panchmahal

Vadodara: Due to massive fire in Kusa Chemicals industrial unit in Panchmahal district, many villagers of Nandarkha village located nearby have migrated to another village, nearly 4 kms away. Villagers were caught in fear due to repeated blasts occurring in fire-hit chemical plant. Fire fighting teams have been mobilized from nearby places like Halol, Kalol, Vadodara and other places. The facility of Kusa chemicals according to its website contains reactors, SS and MS storage tanks for solvent and raw materials and other customized equipment. Loss due to fire is estimated in crores.Kusa supplies products to companies including Castrol, HPCL, IOC, BPCL, Colgate, IPCL and others. DeshGujarat