INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The facility had rolled out its Covishield vaccine for the first phase of COVID vaccination drive that began on Jan 16 (PTI)Pune: Three
persons were evacuated from a building in the Serum Institute of India's Manjari premises here after a fire broke out there on Thursday,
police said.There is no impact on the Covishield vaccine making process as the fire broke out in a facility away from the place where the
fourth and fifth floor of the SEZ 3 building in the Serum Institute premises."As per the primary information, three people have been
evacuated," she said.Viral visuals from the site showed smoke billowing out from the Serum Institute facility."We have sent water tenders to
the spot," a fire brigade official said, adding the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained.The Manjari facility is where the Covishield
under-construction site of the Serum facility and Covishield production has not been affected by the fire, sources said.
