Blaze at building in SII facility kills 5 labourers

Five labourers were killed in a blaze that ripped through the top floor and partially damaged another floor of a five-storey building at a facility of the Serum Institute of India (SII) in Pune on Thursday, but the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer said the tragedy will not hit the production of coronavirus shot Covishield.

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Officials said at least four people were rescued from SII’S Manjari premises.“we are deeply saddened and offer our deepest condolences to the family members of the departed,” SII chief executive Adar Poonawalla tweeted on Thursday evening. The Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the incident.

PTI Workers of SII come out of the building after the fire broke out.