4 dead as fire breaks out at pharmaceutical factory in Amritsar

Amritsar (Punjab) [India], October 6 (ANI): Four people lost their lives after a fire broke out at a pharmaceutical factory in Amritsar’s Nag Kalan village on Thursday night, said officials.

Fire tenders reached the spot and were able to reduce the fire to some extent.

Rescue operations in the factory are still underway.

The actual cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.

More details are awaited.

Earlier in August, a massive fire broke out at a pepper warehouse in the Daburji area of Amritsar. No casualties were reported.