Fire brigade jawans take seven hours to rescue another labourer who slipped into the 125-feet-high boiler while trying to save colleague
Fire brigade jawans take seven hours to rescue another labourer who slipped into the 125-feet-high boiler while trying to save colleague
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| Long ordeal: Fire brigade officials said the boiler contained a hot mixture of chemicals. Pic/Sushant Kulkarni |
Fire brigade officials rescued a labourer who ufffdin order to save another man trapped inside a 12.5 feet high chemical boiler ufffdhad slipped inside the boiler.
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The incident took place at ROC Chemicals private limited company located at Nasrapur, about 40 km from the city. According to the police, the company deals with chemical paints and is owned by a man named Pandit.
Fire brigade jawans had got a call at around 4.40 pm yesterday evening that two people had fallen in a chemical boiler. Chief Fire Officer Prashant Ranpise along with his team comprising of two fire tenders and about 10 jawans reached the spot and started the rescue operation.
The identity of the labourers could not be established till late at night, yesterday. The labourer who was seriously injured was shifted to the hospital immediately. "It took almost seven hours for the fire officers to cut the metal body of the boiler and rescue the trapped labourer. We were successful in removing the bodies of the labourers at around 12.15 pm. One of them died while the other is alive," Ranpise said.
The fire brigade jawans, who participated in the entire operation, said that the boiler contained a very hot mixture of chemicals.
"We first used a gas cutter to cut through the metal body of the boiler but because of that the chemicals inside started boiling. To ensure the safety of the trapped labourers, we then used a circular cutter and brought out them out at around 12.15 pm," he added.
Some local residents of the village said that the two labourers must have fallen into the boiler much earlier, but were noticed missing only by around 4.30 pm. On the other hand, none of the company officials was present during the seven-hour rescue operation.
