Fire at Warangal polyester plant kills two workers trapped in lift

Two workers died of alleged smoke inhalation after they were trapped inside a lift while trying to escape a fire at a polyester staple fibre manufacturing plant at Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in Warangal district early on Thursday.The fire was reported at around 2.10 a.m. at the Polyester Staple Fibre Plant area of Ganesha Ecopet Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ganesha Ecosphere.Three fire tenders were rushed to the facility and fire-fighting operations continued until around 5.30 a.m., when the blaze was brought under control.Preliminary information suggests that the fire first broke out on the fourth floor, allegedly following a leak in an oil chamber connected to a manufacturing machine.The two deceased workers, identified as Vinod Prajapathi and Surya Prakash, both aged ar