The bodies were discovered Saturday, a day after a massive fire broke out at a perfume manufacturing factory in Himachal Pradesh's Solan, leaving two people dead and 12 still feared missing, police said.
The fire, which is yet to be brought under control, broke out at NR Aroma's factory in Solan's Baddi district at 2:45 pm on Friday, claiming the life of one woman and injuring 31 others, officials said.
According to police, NR Aroma's factory manager Chander Shekhar has been arrested.
The bodies have been recovered from the fire spot but their identities are yet to be determined, District Magistrate (SDM) Nalagarh Divanshi Singhal said on Saturday. Search and rescue operations for other missing persons are underway. Earlier, Deputy Commissioner Solan Manmohan Sharma told PTI that around 50 people were inside the building at the time of the incident, some of whom fled to their homes, while 13 are still feared missing. He said there is.
However, police said in a statement that there were 85 people inside the factory and nine were missing.
Sharma said a civil probe has been ordered into the incident, adding that the fire is yet to be brought under control as flammable materials used in the manufacture of perfumes were ignited.
DGP Sanjay Kundu took stock of the situation at the scene and directed to constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by Additional Superintendent of Police Ashok Verma to carry out a thorough investigation into the matter.
On Friday evening, five injured persons were rushed to PGIMER in Chandigarh, where one woman was declared brought dead.
An FIR has been registered in the matter under IPC sections 285 (negligence), 336 (endangering life) and 337 (causing hurt and offense not amounting to murder), police said in a statement here. said that it was done.
Sharma said the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and forensic teams, NDRF, SDRF, police, revenue authorities and other teams have reached the spot.
Family members and friends of the missing people wait anxiously outside the factory. A video circulating on social media showed a woman crying for her missing daughter.
Police said the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is currently assessing the structural safety of the site and working to remove harmful gases such as carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide.
Once cleared, a team of forensic experts will conduct an on-site inspection and collect the necessary evidence. Considering the complex nature of the fire, the DGP requested the state government to seek assistance from the Government of India's central forensic team.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhbinder Singh will also visit the fire site.
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