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At least eighteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune have died and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitiser-manufacturing unit of the firm on Monday. Some 37 workers were trapped inside the building when the blaze started around 15:45 on Monday. Fire engines rushed to the spot as smoke billowed from the compound - firemen had to break walls on either side to rescue people. The factory belonged to SV Aqua Technologies, a company that makes chlorine dioxide products, which is typically used in water treatment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences…