Palghar: 3 injured after major fire breaks out at industrial facility

Three workers were hurt after a major fire broke out at an industrial facility in Maharashtra's Palghar district, fire official said.

The blaze erupted at around 9.30 pm on Monday in the unit located in the Tarapur Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) area in suburban Boisar, fire officer Vaibhav Tandel told PTI.

Some storage tanks containing light density oil in the unit exploded due to the fire, he said. The explosion triggered panic in the area, as per eyewitnesses. Three workers were injured, including two seriously as they received about 50 per cent burns, the fire official said.

All the three were undergoing treatment in hospital, he said. Eight fire engines were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control by 1.30 am on Tuesday, the official said.

The cause of the fire was not yet known, he said. A probe was also being conducted to ascertain if any manufacturing activity was going on in the unit at the time of the incident, the official said.