Two charred to death

Tuesday, May 15, 2007, 21:07 [IST]

Chennai, May 15 (UNI) Two persons were charred to death and three others injured in a fire mishap at a closed ice factory at Pulipakkam village near Chengalpattu near here today.

Police said, five persons went to the factory to remove machineries from the factory. Due to a gas leak from a cylinder attached to a machine during the process, the fire broke out with thick smoke.

The five persons swooned due to suffocation.

A 30-year-old man died on the spot, while Nainar Mohad succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital.

The injured were admitted to Government Headquarters Hospital here, police said.

UNI

Topics: charred, death, injured, fire, mishap, ice, factory, pulipakkam

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