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Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has assured that the Covishiled production won’t be affected due to the fire incident. Workers of Serum Institute of India come out of the building after fire broke out in it in Pune on Jan 21, 2021 | Photo Credit: PTI
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Pune: A day after five people were killed in the fire incident at Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Manjari premises in Pune, Maharashtra Chief Minsiter Uddhav Thackeray visited the mishap site on Friday to take stock of the situation.
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Five labourers died in the fire which broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune.
Five men died after a fire broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune on Thursday.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is saddened by the loss of life in a fire at the Serum Institute of India facility in Pune and hopes that the incident is fully investigated, his spokesperson has said. Five men died after a fire broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises in Pune on Thursday, police said. The Manjari facility is where the Covishield vaccines used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the pandemic are made. The building where fire broke out is one km from the Covishield vaccine manufacturing unit. We, obviously, are saddened by the loss of life and send our condolences to the families impacted, and we hope the fire is fully investigated, Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General, said at the daily press briefing on Thursday.
Fire at Serum Institute killed 5, then another broke out: What happened on Thursday
Fire at Serum Institute killed 5, then another broke out: What happened on Thursday
Five were killed on Thursday after a fire broke out in an under-construction building in Serum Institute of India in Pune. What happened on Thursday, here's a timeline of events.
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UPDATED: January 22, 2021 13:46 IST
A major fire broke out in a building in Serum Institute of India, Pune on January 21. (Photo:PTI)
All the deceased were contract workers, police said, and added that nine persons were evacuated from the spot.
Manjari facility is where the Covishield vaccine used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the pandemic is made. The building where a fire broke out is one km from the Covishield vaccine manufacturing unit, sources said.
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Fire fighting operation underway at the site where a fire broke out in Wagle area of Thane. (Photo/ANI)
Fire breaks out in Wagle area of Maharashtra's Thane ANI | Updated: Jan 22, 2021 17:53 IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], January 22 (ANI): A fire broke out at the Biocell company near Wagle Police Station in Maharashtra's Thane city on Friday. A fire fighting operation is underway to curtail the damage.
More details awaited in this regard.
On Thursday, a fire incident at the Serum Institute of India's Manjari facility had led to the deaths of five people. (ANI)
PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-22T16:39:04+05:30 Government Orders High Level Probe Into Serum Institute Fire Mishap outlookindia.com 2021-01-22T16:44:37+05:30
Following the major fire at the Serum Institute of India (SII) campus in Pune on Thursday that killed five persons and caused serious property damage, top officials from fire wings of three Maharashtra government agencies on Friday launched a probe to ascertain the cause of the blaze.
Five contractual labourers had died in the fire which broke out in a five-storeyed under-construction building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises on Thursday.
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