Fire At Building In Serum Institute Of India LIVE Updates: 5 Killed In Fire At Serum Institute Fire At Building In Serum Institute Of India LIVE Updates: 5 Killed In Fire At Serum Institute Fire At Serum Institute LIVE Updates: The Serum Institute, the "world's largest maker of vaccines", is producing millions of doses of the Covishield coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.
Fire at Building in Serum Institute Updates: The complex, is a few minutes drive from vaccine facility.
Five people died as a fire tore through an under construction facility of Serum Institute of India in Pune. It is unlikely to impact the Covishield vaccine making process as the fire broke out in a facility away from the place where the COVID-19 vaccines are made, sources said.
Fire at Serum Institute: Uddhav Thackeray likely to visit facility on Friday
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The major fire that broke out at a building in the Serum Institute of India's Pune campus is now under control. Five workers were killed in the tragedy. Officials said production of Covid vaccine has not been affected by the fire.
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UPDATED: January 21, 2021 23:36 IST
The fire at Serum Institute of India's Pune plant has not affected the manufacturing unit of Covishield vaccine. (Photo: PTI)
Five workers were killed in the major fire broke out at a plant of the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Manjri area of Pune on Thursday afternoon. The fire is now under control. Fifteen fire tenders and a team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were rushed to the spot to douse the fire that broke out around 2.45 pm.