Major fire breaks out in chemical unit in Bharuch

Surat: A major fire broke out in a reactive dyes plant of a chemical company located at Saykha industrial estate in Vagra taluka of Bharuch district on Friday morning. There were no casualties as all the staffers and workers immediately rushed out from the factory premises after fire alarm was sounded, sources said.
The fire broke out in Jay Chemicals’s plant at plot number D-49 at 10am. Dyes and chemical solvent in huge quantity and worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in the fire. The structure of the chemical company has been damaged.
About seven fire tenders from Dahej and nearby industrial areas were pressed into service to contain the fire, the sources added. Officials of Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and department of industrial safety reached the spot to investigate the cause of fire.
A GPCB officer said, “The fire could have occurred due to a short-circuit inside the factory. The dyes and chemical solvent kept in the company and at the production unit were gutted in the major fire. It took about two hours for fire brigade personnel to extinguish the fire. The company had started commercial operation of manufacturing dyes and chemicals three months ago.”