5 dead in fire at Serum Institute, Rs 25 lakh compensation to kin of deceased Efforts are on to put out the blaze and as many as 10 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. (Image Source: ANI) Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 08:57 PM IST Five charred bodies were recovered from the Serum Institute of India building where fire broke out on Thursday afternoon, a fire official said. "Four people were evacuated from the building but when it came under control, five bodies were found by our jawans," said Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol, according to news agency ANI. The five people who died, were perhaps the workers at the under-construction building. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, but it is being speculated that welding, that was going on at the building, caused the fire, Mohol added.