Lucky escape for some at Serum Institute
India
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021, 9:13 [IST]
Pune, Jan 22: Some contractual workers had a lucky escape as they ran to safety in time when a fire broke out in an under-construction building at the Serum Institute of India (SII) premises here on Thursday afternoon.
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Avinash Kumar, one of the contractual labourers working in the five-storey building at the time of the incident, said moment the fire broke out he along with some others quickly ran away and saved their lives.
"Moment we saw smoke emanating from somewhere in the building, we escaped from the floor where we were working," said Kumar.