Summary:
Fire fighters and disaster management prevention centre team are trying hard to safeguard the ethylene oxide tanks as the chemical is explosive in nature. Various solvents including methanol ethylene oxide were stored there. Almost 1,500 people were taken to safe locations at Suva, Lakhigam and Dahej. Dahej/Surat: A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Dahej early Tuesday morning, forcing evacuation of nearly 1 ,500 people from the adjacent Ambheta village.There were no casualties in the fire that broke out at Sterling Auxiliaries Pvt Ltd around 3.30am. A team of villagers was mobilized to ask people to leave their homes immediately..