Sharad Pawar visits Serum Institute after blaze

January 23, 2021 13:29

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday visited the city-based Serum Institute of India, where a major fire had broken out two days ago, killing five persons.

Sources in the SII said, Pawar visited the affected building around noon and took stock of the situation.

Serum's CEO, Adar Poonwalla, accompanied Pawar.

In a tweet, Pawar later said, "Visited the Serum Institute in Pune along with @adarpoonawalla and reviewed the present situation there, after the unfortunate fire incident."

Five men died in the fire that broke out in a five-storey building in the SII's Manjaripremises on Thursday.

The Manjari facility is where Covishield, the SII vaccine against COVID-19, which is being used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the infection, is made.

The building where fire broke out is one km from the Covishield vaccine manufacturing unit.

On Friday, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had paid a visit to the SII to inspect the fire site.

-- PTI

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