A massive fire broke out at two places in the state capital on Thursday morning, greenery near VIP road and a godown of a snack maker were damaged heavily at these two places in fire which took more than 6 hours for pacifying resulting in loss of lakhs of rupees.
Machines and oil with several quintals of snacks were burnt in a fire in a godown in Bairagarh Chichli. The fire was brought under control after about six hours. At the same time, fire broke out in the bushes along the VIP road. The fire spread rapidly and reached near hotel. A major accident was averted where fire was brought under control in over 3 hours.
Gehukheda godown of Sanjeev Mishra in Bairagarh Chichli deals in manufacturing of snacks and good quantity of snacks were stored. Kolar fire station in-charge Pankaj Khare said, "The fire came to light at 6 in the morning, but the fire station got information at 8:30. Fire tenders and vehicles rushed the spot immediately.
The fire was brought under control by 12 noon. Machines worth lakhs were set on damaged in the fire while raw items including salt, oil were also burnt to ashes.
Fire station in-charge Khare said, due to the fire in Godown, there was smoke everywhere. There was no ventilation anywhere. This made it difficult to put out the fire. The reason for the fire has not yet been revealed.
In case of fire at bushes which broke at round 4 in the morning along the VIP road. Fire brigade from Fatehgarh, Pul Bogda, Bairagarh, Gandhinagar and Mata Mandir fire stations were pressed into service.
The fire broke out in the bushes in the vacant plot on the VIP side.
The fire spread due to strong wind and came close to the Imperial Sabre Hotel.
Immediately the tables and chairs of the hotel were removed. The fire was so severe that the flame was reaching even inside the hotel. The fire was extinguished at 7 am. Possibly someone had thrown a cigarette into the bushes which turned into fire.