Eight workers were injured on Sunday morning in a fire at the Ambe Steel rebar factory at Bakaspur, Ward 5 of Janaki Rural Municipality in Nepal's Banke district, according to reports from the area.

Source: Daily InformIQ

The fire broke out at around 5:40 am after an electrical short circuit in three furnaces used to melt iron inside the factory. Each furnace has a capacity of 25 tonnes, the reports said.

Five of the injured workers are from Banke: Shiv Prasad Chamar, 28; Ramdin Harijan, 22; Prem Dhobi, 24; Dilip Kumar Yadav, 29; and Laxmi Ram Yadav, 35. Chamar and Harijan were reported to be in moderate condition, while the other three were in normal condition.

The other three injured workers, Raj Kumar Nishad, 29; Nashib Kumar Nishad, 24; and Binod Kumar Nishad, 25, are from Bahraich district in neighbouring India, and were also reported to be in normal condition.

All eight workers were first taken to Bheri Hospital in Nepalgunj for treatment. At 8:45 am, Chamar and Harijan were referred to Lucknow in India for further treatment, according to the reports. The Kathmandu Post also reported eight people injured in a fire at a steel factory in Banke on Sunday.