Thane: A massive fire broke out at Gagangiri Pharma chemical company in Badlapur MIDC at 1.45 pm on Sunday, February 12.
The entire company has been gutted in this fire and the fire brigade personnel brought the fire under control after 5 hours.
As per the fire brigade officials three workers were injured in the incident and they were admitted at Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar for treatment.
Avinash Sawant, Regional Disaster Management Cell (RDMC) chief of Thane said, "The information was received at the Badlapur fire brigade office about fire at Gagangiri Pharma chemical company at around 1:45 pm. Soon after receiving the information the Badlapur fire brigade personnel along with Badlapur police officials reached the spot. The Badlapur fire brigade, Ambernath MIDC fire brigade, Ambernath fire brigade, Ulhasnagar fire brigade, Kalyan-Dombivali fire brigade personnel were present with two fire tenders each and Taloja fire brigade personnel with one fire tender tried to douse the fire and it took five hours to totally douse the fire. Four ambulances were present at the spot to take the injured to the hospital."
The fire brigade officer from Badlapur fire brigade office said, "Although the cause of the fire could not be ascertained, but fire turned into dark black fumes in a moment. Since the fire brigade office is in front of the chemical company which caught fire we immediately reached the spot and tried to bring the fire under control."
The fire officer added, " Due to highly flammable chemicals in the factory, the fire spread in no time and the entire company was engulfed in flames. As the fire was noticed during the lunch time most of the workers of the company decided to leave the company to keep themselves safe. The three workers were injured in the fire incident. The Firefighters were dousing the fire using water and foam due to the large amount of flammable chemicals.
