Tragic Fire Claims Three Lives at Chennai Paint Factory

A fire at a paint factory in Chennai's Kakkalur industrial estate resulted in three fatalities and multiple injuries. The blaze led to a shed collapse, causing severe head injuries to one worker who later died en route to the hospital. Four others are currently hospitalized.

At least three persons died in a fire that broke out at a paint factory in Kakkalur industrial estate in neighbouring Tiruvallur district, police said on Friday.

The deceased were workers at the paint and thinner manufacturing factory. One of them sustained severe head injuries when a portion of a shed collapsed in the blaze and he succumbed on the way to hospital, police said.

Four persons have been admitted to the Tiruvallur Government Hospital with injuries, a senior police official said.

According to an official of the Fire and Rescue Services Department, the fire broke out this evening and immediately two fire tenders were rushed to the spot to put out the flames.