Wooden materials, office and godown turned into ashes after a massive fire broke out at Govindpura Industrial area in the afternoon on Tuesday.
A plywood godown of scrap pressed boards (plywood boards) was gutted in fire due to short circuit borne fire in the afternoon. locals informed fire brigade and owner of the godown regarding the fire.
The fire which broke out at 12.15 pm was pacified at 4.30 pm by around 20 fire tender vehicles. Fire Officer Rafiuddin said that around 20 fire tender vehicles were pressed into service which took around four hours to control and pacify the fire completely.
The fire was controlled before it could damage the nearby factories and buildings.
There were two fire extinguishers at the godown which were also damaged. Three workers use to work at the godown but at the time of the fire no one was present.
On Tuesday at around 12 in the noon fire broke out at the godown which spread rapidly and plywood boards were gutted in the fire.
Owner of the godown Sameer Khan said that the press boards (plywood boards) were used to be stored in the godown. The rejected plywood boards from BHEl were used to be bought at the godown for storage.
The owner claimed that the loss incurred in the fire was around Rs 40 lakh. Along with the material, office and shed build to the keep the goods was were also gutted completely in the massive fire.