Blast in Silvassa unit kills four workers

SURAT: Four persons were charred to death and four received serious burn injuries in a blast at a polythene plastic product factory at Arihant industrial estate in the Union Territory (UT) of Dadra and Nagar Haveli on Friday.
The industrial estate located on Damni road in Dadra woke up to a huge blast and fire in Vison Polypack Private Limited, a unit manufacturing polythene plastic products, including polythene bags of various sizes and shapes, police said.
At the time of the incident, the workers from the night shift handed over the charge to those in the morning shift. There were around 20 workers inside the factory premises when the blast took place.
Three deceased were so far identified. They were Dipak Sawant, Subhash Sawant, Narayan Parab. They hailed from Maharashtra. The identity of one deceased could not be established as yet. Two workers sustained 90 per cent injuries and the other two had 70 per cent burn, police added.
At least five fire tenders from Silvassa and Vapi were rushed to the spot. It took more than two hours for the fire personnel to control the huge fire.
The mamlatdar of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, officials of labour department, industrial safety department and DNH administration rushed to the spot.
CM Rohit, fire officer, DNH, said, "We recovered four badly charred bodies. The four workers who were seriously injured have been shifted to Vinoba Bhave Civil Hospital. All other workers in the factory were rescued safely."
Rohit added, "Though the exact cause of blast is yet to be ascertained, primary investigation suggests that it might have occurred during the mixing of the chemicals for the manufacturing of polythene bags. The exact cause will be known after the FSL officials finish their investigation."