14 injured in blaze at Surat jewellery factory

Surat politician Daxesh Mavani visited the spot and talked to the radical moving astatine the factory.

Surat occurrence section officers said the incidental took spot astatine R V Ornaments, a diamond jewellery firm, connected the level wherever the artisans cleanable the diamond-studded golden ornaments.

Sources said implicit 20 radical were moving successful the room. Talking to The Indian Express, Katargam Fire Officer Ramesh Sailor said, “When we reached the spot, we recovered 2 ambulances carrying injured persons exiting the mill premises. We recovered flames burning astatine immoderate places wrong the country wherever the mishap took place. The full country was filled with smoke. Wearing masks, 3 of our men entered the room, controlled the fire, and opened each the windows and doors to fto the fume out.”

The injured persons person been identified arsenic Imran Ali (28), Vikas Manji (36), Nawab Shaikh (24), Sadik Rahimali (32), Khushwant Pandit (30), Asad Ali (20), Prateek Dobariya (26), Taufik Shaikh (25), Meet Patolia (21), Nazir Kayam (26), Girish Solanki (26), Brijesh Navadiya (22), Salim Shaikh (23), and Romi Mandal (19).

Fire sources said that 2 diamond artisans incurred 90% pain injuries successful the mishap portion 2 others suffered implicit 40% burns injuries. Their information is reported to beryllium captious portion the remaining workers are stable, they added.

Surat Municipal Corporation’s Chief Fire Officer Basant Pareek said, “The origin of the occurrence is not known yet but determination was a leakage successful the state proviso line. Our teams are probing into the incident.”