Blast at Gurugram Fire Extinguisher Factory: 2 Dead, 4 Injured

Blast at Gurugram Fire Extinguisher Factory

Blast at Gurugram Fire Extinguisher Factory: As per the reports from police, a massive fire at a fire extinguisher factory in Daultabad, Gurugram on Saturday led to the deaths of two people, and more than 4 people were reported injured and taken to the hospital.

Bhim Nagar Fire Department received a call at 12:36 a.m. when 24 fire trucks were disposed of immediately at the incident spot.

The reports also said the explosion of the balls present inside the extinguisher that blows up at a particular temperature was the main cause behind the spread of the blast at Gurugram fire extinguisher factory.

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Ramesh Kumar, a fire officer said quoted by ANI, “We brought fire tenders from nearby fire stations and blasts were still happening then. Around 24 fire tenders were deployed in the operation. This factory manufactures fireball which is like a fire extinguisher...Nearby buildings suffered damage. We are being told that 2 deaths occurred and 3-4 injured people were shifted to hospital before we reached here.”

Kumar also said that the raw materials that were inside the fire extinguisher factory caught fire, which led to a huge explosion that spread to the nearby factories, around 20 nearby factories were destroyed.

The police reported that the two bodies that were found in the debris were sent for post-mortem to find out their identities, however, it is assumed that the bodies were of security guards.

The four injured people were immediately moved to the hospital for treatment.

However, no more casualties were reported and the fire was also put out by the firefighters but caused huge damage to a dozen factories and raw materials.

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