Medicines and other goods worth crores were gutted in a major fire which broke out in a godown of a pharmaceutical company in Dewas Naka locality on Tuesday afternoon.
According to lasudia police, the fire first broke out in a godown of Sc Johnson company located at SDA compound in Dewas Naka on Tuesday afternoon at around 1.30 pm and within minutes it spread to nearby godowns of a furniture company, Sony company and a chemical company and engulfed it completely, destroying goods worth crores.
By the time fire tenders arrived at the incident site, major portion of these godown carrying medicines of the company. Even as fire tenders arrived on the incident site, the fire tender personnel had to face difficulties in putting off the fire as the godown was lying locked. It was only after the godown shutter was broke open with the help of JCB machine that fire tenders were pressed into service to put out the fire.
According to eyewitness, soon after he saw smoke bellowing out of the godown of a pharma company, the people residing nearby informed about the incident to the fire brigade, it arrived at the incident site almost one hour after it was informed and by the time it reach, the maximum damage had already been done. Though exact reason behind the incident was not known, it is being presumed that short circuit might have caused the incident.