<p>The fire broke out around 12.05 p.m. in one of the rooms of the Modular Laboratory where the two students were working.<br /><br />"The bodies (of the victims) have been charred beyond recognition and were discovered by the firemen on entering the laboratory after extinguishing the fire," a spokesman for BARC said here.<br /><br />Police sources said that the fire may have erupted following a suspected chemical reaction that led to a blast in the laboratory housing analytical instruments.<br /><br />However, there was no danger to the main reactor in the BARC or any other sensitive facilities that could lead to radiation or radioactivity, the spokesman said.<br /><br />Three fire tenders rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control within an hour.<br /><br />According to reports, the victims were identified as Umang Singh of Mumbai and Partha Bagga of Kolkata, but BARC officials were not willing to comment.<br /><br />The laboratory usually houses over 60 research students and assistants of whom only two were present at the time of the incident. <br /><br />It is not known whether there was a laboratory supervisor on the premises when the incident took place.<br /><br />The BARC authorities and the Mumbai Police have launched simultaneous investigations into the incident, said to be the first of its kind in the complex.<br /></p>
<p>The fire broke out around 12.05 p.m. in one of the rooms of the Modular Laboratory where the two students were working.<br /><br />"The bodies (of the victims) have been charred beyond recognition and were discovered by the firemen on entering the laboratory after extinguishing the fire," a spokesman for BARC said here.<br /><br />Police sources said that the fire may have erupted following a suspected chemical reaction that led to a blast in the laboratory housing analytical instruments.<br /><br />However, there was no danger to the main reactor in the BARC or any other sensitive facilities that could lead to radiation or radioactivity, the spokesman said.<br /><br />Three fire tenders rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control within an hour.<br /><br />According to reports, the victims were identified as Umang Singh of Mumbai and Partha Bagga of Kolkata, but BARC officials were not willing to comment.<br /><br />The laboratory usually houses over 60 research students and assistants of whom only two were present at the time of the incident. <br /><br />It is not known whether there was a laboratory supervisor on the premises when the incident took place.<br /><br />The BARC authorities and the Mumbai Police have launched simultaneous investigations into the incident, said to be the first of its kind in the complex.<br /></p>