A fire broke out there on Thursday at a building in the Serum Institute of India`s (SII) Manjari premises. Three persons were evacuated immediately.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Namrata Patil informed the fire broke out at 2.45 pm on the fourth and fifth floor of the SEZ 3 building in the Serum Institute premises.

"As per the primary information, three people have been evacuated," she said.

Viral visuals from the site showed smoke billowing out from the facility.

"The fire broke in a building in the premises. We have sent water tenders to the spot," a fire brigade official said.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, the official said.

The Manjari facility is where the Covishield vaccine, used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the coronavirus pandemic, is made.

The fire official did not comment on reports that Covishield is not manufactured in the building where the fire broke out.

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