Tapi (Gujarat): Two persons were killed after two overhead water tanks, each with a capacity of 50,000 litres, collapsed on them at a sugar factory in Gujarat’s Tapi district, police said on Friday.
The incident occurred on Thursday evening at the Copper Cooperative Sugar factory in the Dadariya area of Valod taluka, Vyara division Deputy Superintendent of Police P G Narwade said.
Two overhead water tanks, one containing cold and the other hot water, suddenly collapsed, trapping the victims, Arun Patel (55) and Dharmesh Patel (35), he said.
A case of accidental death was registered, and the forensics team was also roped in to inspect the site. Further investigation is underway to determine the structural stability of the tanks, he added.
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