Another fresh fire broke out in one Compartment of the same building at Serum Institute Of India, where it broke out today afternoon, news agency ANI reported.
Earlier, the blaze was reported in a building near the Terminal 1 gate of the institute. Five charred bodies were also recovered, a fire official.
The Manjari facility is where Covishield vaccine, used in the nationwide inoculation drive against the coronavirus pandemic, is made.
Cyrus Poonawalla founded the Serum Institute of India in 1966 and it is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer.
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