Jaipur, June 10 -- At least 3 labourers were burnt alive and more than 12 persons were seriously injured in a fire that broke out in a cracker factory in Khoh Nagauriya area on outskirts of Jaipur today.
According to police and fire brigade sources, the fire broke out in the factory around 11:30am and spread rapidly in the premises. Around 20 labourers were at work in the factory when the mishap took place.
While some were rescued by locals and rescue teams of the police and the civil defence, some ran for safety on their own. However, at least 3 persons could not be saved.
Locals have saved lives of a couple of seriously burnt persons by retrieving them out and rushing them to hospital.
According to eye witnesses, the locals also succe...