6 suffer serious burns in fire mishap at tyre recycling unit

Visakhapatnam | Wednesday | 21st February, 2018

Summary:

Three workers of the unit and four welding workers who came from Gajuwaka were at the unit during the time of the mishap. Visakhapatnam: Seven persons, including four from Gajuwaka area of the city, were injured — six of them seriously — in a fire mishap that took place in a tyre recycling unit at Rebaka village, in Anakapalli rural area on Tuesday. Most of the injured are teenagers.The injured were identified as 19-year-old Mandapaka Kumar, Kosama Srinu (18), Maridipaka Kumar (19) and V Govind (24), all from Old Gajuwaka. They tried to cut the door with a cutter which generated sparks, resulting in a big blast. The other three are Kona Madhu (19), S Srinu (21) and Tallapureddy Ganesh (24) of Rebaka village..