Punjab: Three killed, several trapped as Ludhiana factory catches fire and collapses
A team of the National Disaster Response Force is on the spot for rescue efforts.
Three people were killed and over a dozen are likely trapped under debris after a plastic manufacturing factory caught fire and collapsed in Ludhiana on Monday, ANI reported.
A team of the National Disaster Response Force is on the spot for rescue efforts. The factory is located in an industrial area near Sufia Chowk.
The fire was reported at 8 am. Hours later, the building collapsed when firemen were trying to douse the flames. Some firemen are also believed to be trapped inside.
“We have managed to pull out one body,” Assistant Commissioner of Police Jitender Singh said. “The person remains unidentified.”
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh said he was “shocked and saddened” by the incident, and had asked the Ludhiana district administration to “extend all help” to the National Disaster Response Force in rescue operations.
Shocked and saddened at the Ludhiana factory collapse. Have asked district administration to extend all help to NDRF in rescue operations.
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) November 20, 2017
#UPDATE Three people dead in fire and collapse of building near a plastic manufacturing factory in Industrial Area- A near Sufia Chowk in Ludhiana
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2017
Punjab: Fire broke out in a plastic manufacturing factory in Ludhiana's
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2017
Industrial Area- A near Sufia Chowk, 10 fire tenders at the spot. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/qarto2Kg9D
More visuals from Punjab's Ludhiana where fire broke out in a plastic manufacturing factory in Industrial Area- A near Sufia Chowk, 10 fire tenders at the spot. Fire fighting operations underway. pic.twitter.com/AAMWv0DJZj
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2017
More visuals from #Punjab's Ludhiana where fire broke out in a plastic manufacturing factory resulting in building collapse in Industrial Area- A near Sufia Chowk. Fire fighting operations underway. pic.twitter.com/NwxD57C2s5
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2017
#UPDATE Team of National Disaster Response Force arrives at the site of fire and building collapse in a plastic manufacturing factory in Industrial Area- A near Sufia Chowk in Ludhiana
— ANI (@ANI) November 20, 2017
