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huge blaze Fire breaks out at building of world’s largest vaccine maker

The incident in Pune did not immediately affect a stockpile of Covid-19 vaccine, officials said.

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, in Pune, India (Rafiq Maqbool/AP) Expand

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Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, in Pune, India (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, in Pune, India (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker that is manufacturing the AstraZeneca/Oxford University vaccine, in Pune, India (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Rafiq Maqbool

A fire has broken out at a building under construction at the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer.

The incident did not immediately affect a stockpile of Covid-19 vaccine, officials said.

Images showed huge plumes of smoke billowing from buildings as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze in Pune, a city in India’s southern Maharashtra state.

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India in Pune (Rafiq Maqbool/AP) Expand

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Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India in Pune (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India in Pune (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

Smoke rises from the Serum Institute of India in Pune (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)

AstraZeneca has contracted with the Serum Institute of India to make one billion doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for developing nations, including India.

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