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Hot-thunderstorm havoc in Badaun … Fierce fire in Mint Oil Factory, 250 workers were present

ByRomeo Minalane

May 23, 2025
Hot-thunderstorm havoc in Badaun … Fierce fire in Mint Oil Factory, 250 workers were present

A part of the India Mint Oil Factory fell due to the strong thunderstorm in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh last night, due to which the mentha factory caught fire. In view, the fire took a formidable form and engulfed about 250 workers working in the factory. After this sudden fire, there was a stampede in the factory and from where the worker found the place, he ran out.

According to eyewitness workers, many people were buried in the factory debris in this accident and scorched in the fire. Many people have been injured, who have been admitted to the Government Medical College and the Community Health Center of Ujhani. However, the District Magistrate and Senior Superintendent of Police of Badaun have denied the death of any worker. The fire could not be controlled till 6 hours after the incident. The fire was so huge that the flames could be seen many kilometers away.

Badaun Factory Blast: On the evening of May 21, where the havoc of thunderstorms broke on one side, there was a fire in Badaun. A part of the Bharat Mint Oil Factory located in Gud Narsinghpur village in Kotwali Ujhani area of ​​Badaun fell around 10 am, causing a fire in the Mentha factory. On seeing… pic.twitter.com/glkzb6oe10

– UP TAK (@uptakOfficial) May 22, 2025

The district administration says that only after extinguishing the fire, the situation will be clear how many people have died in this accident. The biggest thing was that even after such a huge fire, the administration officials reached the spot after 3 hours. The families of the workers trapped inside the factory have accused the administration of ignoring and negligence.

The three sons of Prem Pal Singh, a resident of Narsinghpur village, used to work in the Bharat Mentha Oil Factory, of which Pushpendra Kumar and Joginder Kumar came out somehow after the fire, but his younger brother Munendra Kumar (24) got buried in the factory debris. Eyewitnesses Pushpendra and Joginder told that when a part of the factory fell due to strong thunderstorms and storms, their brother Munendra was buried under it. He said that after falling a part of the factory, there was a fire in the drum of Mentha Oil kept there, due to which the fire took a more gigantic form.

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Both of them tried hard to save their brother Munendra, but by then the fire had spread throughout the factory and they could not save the brother. He told that till 11:30 pm, the bell on Maninder’s mobile kept going, after which his mobile was closed. On the other hand, the Sultan, who works in the factory, said that about two hundred and fifty workers work in this factory and this factory runs 24 hours continuously, in which crystal, bold, DMO, expert carbon and other products of mentha oil are made from mentha oil.

According to the eyewitness Sultan, around 250 people were present in the factory at the time of the incident. After a part of the factory fell from a storm, a fierce fire broke out in the factory in 10 minutes and they somehow came out after saving their lives.

At the same time, the driver Rajkumar, a resident of Haryana, who arrived at the factory by taking a cylinder of hydrogen gas, told that he was unloading the truck, then suddenly a part of the factory broke down and there was a huge fire after that. He somehow jumped out the factory wall and jumped out, which broke his leg. He is undergoing treatment at the Government Medical College.

In this entire case, District Magistrate Avnish Kumar Rai has told that the surrounding village has been evacuated after the night fire in Bharat Mint Oil located in Ujhani area. In view of the possibility of danger, fire brigade vehicles and ambulances have been called from Bareilly as well as Bareilly. He further explained that there is no information about anyone’s death in this fire. A driver’s leg is broken, who has been admitted to the Government Medical College.

The District Magistrate said that 20 vehicles of the fire brigade were installed in extinguishing the fire. Only after extinguishing the fire, something can be said about the casualties in this accident and the cause of the fire. When the District Magistrate was asked that Munendra’s brother Pushpendra and Joginder have seen their brother Munendra dying in front of their eyes, the District Magistrate said that they have no such information, until the fire is extinguished, nothing can be said.

At the same time, Senior Superintendent of Police Brijesh Singh said that the fire brigade vehicles and police of many police stations are making efforts to extinguish today in Bharat Mint Oil. He said that the fire can be extinguished by morning, after that the loss of life and property in the factory will be assessed. At present, the families of the victims of this fire have a lot of complaints with the administration. So far no representative of the administration has come to console them.

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