Rohtak, May 22 -- Nearly two days after a fire broke out at the GLS Chemical Company in Sector 5 of the Bawal industrial area in Rewari and left six workers severely injured, one of the victims succumbed to his injuries on Thursday while undergoing treatment at a Gurugram hospital.

The victim, Hari Babu, 35, was employed in the maintenance department of the company and had suffered critical burn injuries. He was originally from Rukhala village in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district.

Tensions also escalated outside the factory on Thursday afternoon when family members of the missing worker, Dharmendra of Bihar, reached the company premises demanding information about his whereabouts. They accused the management of withholding details.

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