A massive blast in storage tank and subsequent fire in a chemical manufacturing factory in Surat killed seven workers, whose bodies were recovered from the premises in the early hours of Thursday, November 30, officials said.
According to Surat district collector Ayush Oak; out of the seven persons found dead at the chemical manufacturing unit of Aether Industries Ltd in Sachin industrial area of the city, one was an employee of the company while six others were contractual workers.
“During a search operation in the factory premises, officials found bodies of seven workers who went missing after the fire which engulfed the plant on Wednesday,” he said.
