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Three workers were killed and five more injured in a fire that broke out in a private tyre factory near here on Saturday.
The blaze broke out around 7.40 am in the paint shop, where the process of mixing paints with solvents to give coating to the finished tyres was carried out.
Of the eight, who were at work inside the shop at the time of the accident, Kumar Shankar (20) of Thenur in Tiruchy, Chandrasekar (40) of Karur and Manikandan (25) of Kallampatti in Madurai district were charred to death. Five others, Thirunavukarasu (38) of Othakadai, Veerabathiran (33) of Thenur, Arumugan (41) and Ramakrishnan (50) of Tirumangalam and Chithiraipoo (45) of Poolampatti sustained injuries. They were rushed to a private hospital in Madurai.
Around 8 electric motors were used in the paint shop where the fire broke out and it was suspected that a spark created by friction in one of the motors could have caused the blaze, a worker said.
Arumugam, one of the injured, said “I was at the entrance of the paint shop when the fire broke out. I do not know the cause of the fire. I heard a huge thud and suddenly fire engulfed the entire building.”
“We were not able to enter the unit, but managed to save Chithiraipoo, who screamed for help after the fire. The other three trapped inside the unit did not raise their voice. Probably, they might have fainted due to suffocation,” he added.
Pandian of Othakadai, one of the workers, said “there are 11 workers in the unit. Only 8 were on duty on Saturday as it was weekly off for others”.
Fire personnel with the help of around 200 employees, brought the fire under control. Melur police have registered a case.
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