Biznextindia : Leading car manufacturer Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday said two people working with a contract firm died in a fire incident at its research & development (R&D) centre at Rohtak in Haryana. The company, however, has said that the incident has not affected its production.
“There was a fire incident today afternoon in the Company’s Rohtak R&D centre in one of the buildings where a new lab expansion was being carried out by a third party project company. The fire was brought under control and the root cause is being examined along with the investigating authorities. Unfortunately, two people working with a contract firm of the project company succumbed to the fire. The Company deeply mourns this loss of life and stands with the families of the deceased in this moment of grief. There have been no other injuries. This incident does not affect the production operations of the Company” MDIL said in a regulatory filing.