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PUNE: A major fire broke out at the Serum Institute of India s (SII) vaccine manufacturing plant at Hadapsar in the city on Thursday afternoon.
However, the blaze did not affect the institute s Covid vaccine manufacturing facility, which remains safe.
Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray said the fire is under control. There have been no casualties so far. The fire had not broken out at the Covid vaccine unit, Thackeray said.
Six people have been rescued from the fire, the CM said. Prima facie it seems that the fire was caused by an electric fault.
Adar Poonawalla, the owner and chief executive officer of the SII, confirmed the incident at the vaccine manufacturing plant.
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CEO Adar Poonawalla said equipment worth hundreds of crores were damaged in the fire, and the company is expected to face revenue loss of more than Rs 1,000 crore over the next one to two years.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is set to visit the facility to take stock of the situation tomorrow. The Maharashtra govt has also ordered a probe into the cause of the fire
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Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India, the world s largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine for the coronavirus, in Pune.
At least 5 people were killed on Thursday after a major fire broke out at the Serum Institute of India (SII), world s largest vaccine maker that is also producing Oxford-AstraZeneca s Covishield, in Pune. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Ram Nath Kovind have also expressed their condolences on the tragedy. The Serum Institute has also announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh to each family who have lost their loved ones in the fire incident. On Friday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will be visiting the Serum Institute site in Pune.