Gujarat Blaze Scene: Deafening explosion, smoke, bodies charred outside recognition

Girish Kotak, 58, a businessman, had tea when a deafening explosion crushed calm on Tuesday. He said it felt like a plane had crashed or something had fallen out of the sky. “The walls shook, it looked. Then we saw dust and smoke from across the street near the industrial area, ‘says Kotak, who lives about 200 meters of an illegal fire worker factory housed in a warehouse in Gujarat’s DESA, where a fire lives at least 21 on Tuesday. Rescuers at the scene of the fire Tuesday. (Ani) The flame caused explosions and the collapse of parts of the warehouse, and captured workers under the rubble. Residents and shop owners on the scene fled, for fear of further explosions as ambulances and the fire department rushed to the area. Police have erected barriers while rescue teams searched for bodies – some charred outside recognition and others ripped apart. Gujarat government’s spokesperson and minister Rushikesh Patel said the warehouse did not licensed to store or manufacture fireworks. He added that police refused to renew a license to store fireworks due to the absence of security measures. The illegal unit was approved as a warehouse in violation of the laws of safety and labor. An official, who does not want to be mentioned, said that no facility is allowed to manufacture fireworks in Gujarat. ‘We have learned prima facie that Khubchand [Thakkar]a resident of DESA, has manufactured fireworks illegally and maybe even elsewhere, “said the officer who did not want to be mentioned. Ahmedabad police last year discussed Thakkar’s son, Deeppak, for alleged cricket races. The official said he was on bail and part of the fire worker. Another fireworks in Himmat Nagar. A third official said 18 workers, including children, who were killed in the fire, were migrants from Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh. They started working as workers, but in the absence of work they had a difficult time, “says Rajesh Nayak, a relative of one of death in the guarat fire. He said a month ago a woman approached them and worked in Gujarat in a firecracker factory. Rakesh Nayak, 20, an eyewitness, said he survived the fire when he came out to get water. He added his brother Vishnu Nayak and Aunt Guddi Bai. The closure of factories in Harda. Ramprasad Kavreti, Inspector of Handia Town, said they were verifying the names and looking for the family of 18 people who died in thisa.