Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a massive fire that broke out at a godown at Idgah Hills area on Saturday evening. The fire broke out at the godown filled with confectionery goods in Prabhu Nagar area of Idgah Hills.
The Fire brigade was informed and around four tender vehicles were pressed into service to extinguish the fire. It took around 2 hours for around a dozen fire tenders to put out the fire completely. The fire station received information at around 4.20 pm after which fire tender vehicles were rushed to pacify the fire. When the fire brigade was contacted the officials were not able to confirm that the reason behind the fire and told that it is yet to be confirmed.
However, they told that the fire was completely controlled by 6.30 pm and few were injured after the ketchup bottles were exploded in the fire. No casualty has been reported in the incident. Godown is owned by Kailash Ajuha and his family resides on the upper floor of the residence while the lower floor is used as godown. The victim was not contactable but his friend provided the details of the incident.
Ahuja’s friend Piyush Wadhwani told that the fire broke out due to short circuit which spread in the whole godown rapidly and gutted goods which were unloaded two days ago. He confirmed that the family members were evacuated and were safe. He told that around goods worth Rs 1.5 to Rs 2 lakh was gutted in fire.
Till the filing of the report the victim had not lodged a complaint with the police. The area in which the fire broke out lies under Shahjehanbad police station area. The police confirmed that the victim has not reported any incident but after the receipt of the information police team was rushed to the spot.