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14 workers injured in fire at jewellery-making unit in Surat  

The condition of two of the injured workers is serious
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Fourteen workers were injured when a fire broke out at a jewellery manufacturing unit in Gujarat's Surat city on Tuesday, officials said.

The condition of two of the injured workers was serious, they said.

The fire broke out after leakage in a gas pipeline used to melt gold for manufacturing jewellery on the third floor of the building, Surat Municipal Corporation's in-charge chief fire officer Basant Pareek said.

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As many as 14 workers suffered burns, with two of them being in a serious condition, due to fire at the RV Ornaments, a Katargam police station official said.

"Leakage of gas from the pipeline on the third floor of the building caused a flash fire, leaving 14 workers with burns, two of them being serious," Pareek said.

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Six fire tenders were rushed to control the blaze, another fire official said.

The blaze was brought under control before it could spread any further, he said.

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