April 10, 2010

Process Safety - Fire at Ankleshwar plant

A fire occurred at a pharma company in Ankleshwar. "The blaze at pharmaceutical major Wockhardt Ltd’s factory in Ankleshwar on Saturday was brought under control today. Additional fire tenders had to be called in from Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Surat and kept on standby.
“The fire was almost brought under control last night, but due to leakage of certain chemicals, there was re-ignition in some parts of the factory. The fire was completely extinguished by Sunday evening,” said Manoj Kutariya, Manager, Fire Safety, Disaster Prevention and Management Centre.
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Just last month, there was a fire in another unit at Ankleshwar. I had visited the Disaster Prevention and Management Center about 6 months back and I was very impressed with the facilities and the team headed by Mr Manoj. Kudos to them.

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