Two labourers killed as massive fire guts Pithampur factory

A massive fire engulfed a factory in Pithampur Industrial Area in Dhar district near Indore city late at night on Wednesday, killing two labourers whose charred skeletal remains were discovered from the debris on Thursday.

The fire erupted inside the ‘Shivam Industries’ located in Sector-3 of Pithampur. Several fire tenders were pressed into service to bring it under control, and it was finally doused at around 4 AM on Thursday.

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According to the police, the labourers of the factory informed on Thursday that two workers were still missing and their mobile phones were also not reachable. The police launched a search operation inside the factory and found two burnt human skeletal remains from the debris.

One of the deceased was identified as Neeraj Ahirwar of Sagar in MP. The other deceased was said to be a worker from Gujarat, who had joined the factory only about three to four days ago.