Two employees were killed after hot and cold water tanks collapsed at the Copper Sugar Mill in Dadariya village of Gujarat's Tapi district on Thursday evening, trapping them under the debris, officials said on Friday in a report by the news agency ANI, carried by Daily Prabhat and DevDiscourse.

The incident occurred at around 6:45 pm on Thursday at the sugar mill in Valod taluka. The deceased have been identified as Arun Patel (54) and Dharmesh Patel (30), both employees of the sugar mill.

Speaking to ANI, Dilip Odedara of the Vyara Fire Department said the department received information about the structural collapse from the Bardoli Fire Control Room and immediately dispatched a team to the factory near Valod. Fire teams from Vyara and Bardoli took part in the operation.

After an intensive search and rescue operation lasting around five to six hours, the teams recovered the bodies of both employees from beneath the debris and handed them over to the police, the reports said.

The reports did not state the cause of the collapse, the condition of the tanks, or whether any inquiry has been ordered into the deaths. Further official details are awaited.