Mohali: Two persons were charred to death and 25 others injured, three (rpt three) of them seriously, in a major fire at the factory of pharmaceutical major Ranbaxy on June 11 night.

Rescue teams recovered two "skeletons" from the spot on June 12 morning, police said .

Doctors said three of the injured were in critical condition.

A factory spokesman said a team comprising the Labour Commissioner, the Deputy Director, the Additional Director and the Joint Director of Industries were investigating the incident.

A series of explosions ripped through the production unit of the factory at 22 35 hours setting off the fire. Nearly 150 people were on night shift in the factory when the mishap took place.

Twenty fire tenders from Ludhiana, Ropar, Chandigarh and other nearby areas were pressed into service to control the blaze that was put out shortly after midnight.

PTI