The fire broke out around 5.30 pm, when six workers were loading tyres into a tank at the Om JVRD factory near Jariha village in Gajner, about 44 km from the district headquarters, the officials said.

The fire broke out around 5.30 pm, when six workers were loading tyres into a tank at the Om JVRD factory near Jariha village in Gajner, about 44 km from the district headquarters, the officials said.

A fire at a tyre oil factory in UP's Kanpur Dehat district killed two workers who were trapped in a high tank. Police are probing the cause, including the factory owner's claim that bidis carried by workers may have sparked the blaze.