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At least 13 people were killed and many injured in a mjor fire at a garment factory in Sahibabad in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh today. The workers were sleeping in the cramped leather factory, which was in a residential building, when the blaze broke out. The reason of the fire is not yet known.
“The fire broke out at a factory in a residential area of Sahibabad around 4:30 am in the morning. 13 people, who were sleeping there have died and another two or three people are getting treated at the hospital,” Bhagwat Singh, local police officer said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has announced a financial assistance of two lakh rupees to the family of each victim of Gaziabad Factory fire incident.
Thirteen leather-raxine factory workers lost their lives due to suffocation and three others were injured in the incident. The Chief Minister also expressed his condolences to the victims’ families and instructed the district administration to ensure proper treatment of the injured.