RAIGARH: Eight persons, including an eight-month-old baby, sustained burns after a fire broke out at a factory in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district on Thursday, police said.

The incident occurred around 11 am at a "carbon plant" in Banipathar village under the Kharsia police station area, Raigarh Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar Soni said.

After being alerted, a police team was sent to the accident spot. With the help of local residents, the injured persons were rushed to the district hospital. They were later referred to Jindal Fortis Hospital, he said.

The infant is suspected to be the child of one of the injured workers, he said.

Police, forensic experts and officials from the labour department have reached the spot and initiated an investigation. The exact cause of the incident is being ascertained, Soni added.

According to police officials, the plant was allegedly involved in producing oil by melting old tyres for road construction, though the exact nature of its operations is yet to be confirmed.