Bhopal

Firefighters hurt in Panchanan Bhawan blaze

Staff Reporter

Three fire tenders were injured severely in pacifying fire at the top floor of Panchanan Bhawan at office of MP Laghu Udyog Nigam in the wee hours on Tuesday; building lacks fire alarm and fire pacifier systems.Over two dozen fire tender vehicles rushed to pacify and control a massive fire which broke out at MP Laghu Udyog Nigam at around 3 in the night. 

Locals, commuters and security at the building witnessed huge flames after the fire erupted in the early which soon spread across the office damaging the goods.

The fire official of fire brigade Rameshwar Neel said that the fire broke out at the sixth floor of the building. Building do not have fire system, the reason of fire remained unknown. The fire might have broken due to short circuit.

In pacifying and controlling the fire, fire tenders faced great difficulty as the way to floor which caught fire was not proper and in the building fire alarm was not installed.

The offices  in the same building were not damaged as it was at the top floor and was controlled before it would spread to other parts of the building.

Fire tender vehicles and hydraulic machines  from BHEL, Police, Fatehgarh, Pull Bogda and Secretariat were rushed to the spot. The fire which broke at the sixth floor houses office and conference room of MP Laghu Udyog Nigam.The fire tender vehicles were pressed into service which took more than 15 firemen to control and pacify the fire in around two hours.