Ajit Pawar
Five labourers had died in the fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the SII’s Manjari premises in Pune on January 21. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said the fire that broke out at the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune last month, in which five persons died, was caused due to short circuit.
Five labourers had died in the fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the SII’s Manjari premises in Pune on January 21. However, the Covishield vaccine production was not impacted due to the blaze.
Mr. Pawar, while addressing the media after the annual general meeting of districts under Pune division ahead of the State Budget, said he had visited the institute after the fire in the presence of senior officials, including the collector.
Serum Institute of India facility
Five people died on Thursday after a fire broke out in an under-construction building inside one of the campuses of Serum Institute of India (SII). The fire engulfed 3 top floors of the 6 storeyed building in SII’s Manjari premises in Pune. As per the police, a total of 9 people were evacuated from the spot and 5 dead bodies of contract workers were recovered by the fire brigade personnel.
Sources suggest that this could be an act of sabotage as there’s no indication at all on how the fire erupted inside the building. Serum Institute of India is the biggest manufacturer of Covid-19 vaccine in the entire world. SII is working to provide cheap, effective and efficacious vaccine to the entire world.
Fire at Serum Institute of India, production site of COVID-19 vaccine
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Reports have said five people have been killed in a fire at the Serum Institute of India, where the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is being made.
According to reports, a fire at the Serum Institute of India (SII) has killed five people. However, government officials have said that this would not affect production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine that is being made at the facility.
As reported by
Reuters, black smoke could be seen coming out of the multi-storey building in SII’s headquarter complex in the city of Pune in Maharashtra state.
Updated Jan 22, 2021 | 19:59 IST
News headlines for January 22, 2021: PM Modi asserted that COVID vaccine was safe for use. Also, a big fire broke out in Karnataka s Shivamogga that led to the death of five people. Folk artists dressed as Hindu holy men perform next to a replica of a proposed Rama temple as part of Uttar Pradesh state tableau during a press preview of the upcoming Republic Day parade, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: AP
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