25 vehicles gutted as major fire breaks out at police station in Gujarat’s Kheda

Kheda: More than 25 vehicles were completely gutted after a major fire broke out on the premises of Kheda Town Police Station in the Kheda district on Saturday night.

According to reports, at least 25 vehicles, including bikes, autorickshaws and cars, have been gutted in the incident.

Gujarat: More than 25 vehicles including bikes, autorickshaws and cars gutted in a fire on the premises of Kheda Town Police Station in Kheda district tonight pic.twitter.com/t6NSopQILk — ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2021

More details regarding the incident are awaited.

In another incident, five labourers died after entering the tank of an effluent treatment plant (ETP) at the Tutson pharma company in Khatraj in Gandhinagar on Saturday afternoon. As per the authorities, it seems that all of them died due to electrocution.

"Prima-facie it seems that all the five labourers who entered the tank died of electrocution. The exact reason will be known only after we receive the post-mortem reports," Kuldeep Arya, Collector, Gandhinagar, said.

"From the information we have received so far, the company had drained out the chemical inside the ETP tank and the little bit remaining was being extracted through a pump. It was during this process that the tragedy occurred. The district officials from the Directorate of Industrial Safety & Health (DISH) have sent me the initial inquiry report and we will investigate the matter and take the necessary actions. All the five labourers had entered the ETP tank without any safety gear, so that amounts to violation of rules. We are also consulting forensic experts," added Arya.

According to some sources, one of the five labourers died of asphyxiation after entering the ETP tank for cleaning purposes as there was chemical mixed water in it. The other four labourers entered the tank to rescue him.

The deceased labourers have been identified as Vinay Kumar, Ram Prakash Gupta, Devendra Kumar, Anish Kumar and Rajan Kumar.