A massive fire broke out at a paint manufacturing unit at Bhori in the outskirts of the city on Thursday morning; more than three dozen fire fighters took four hours to douse the fire.
At the time of the incident 12 employees were working and initially tried to control the fire but after failing to contain it, they informed fire brigade. On the receipt of information, fire tender vehicles were rushed to the spot and the rescue operation was started.
Additional SP zone 4 Mayank Awasthi said that the fire was massive but fire tenders controlled the fire and nobody was injured in the incident. The reason would be investigated as in the initial investigations no clear reason was found. The concern officials of Industrial Safety have been and would provide request regarding the adequate measures of safety.
At the unit solvent is used in the manufacturing of paints and several drums carrying chemicals were found at the unit. The unit was totally damaged, he added. The owner of the unit is Manoj Thadani who claimed that chemicals worth lakhs of rupees have been gutted in fire.
Police said that Shiva enterprises own a unit of thinner and paint manufacturing in Khajuri area. The fire soon turned massive and flames as high as several metres were witnessed. In the incident no one was injured as the employees who were trying to pacify the fire escaped the unit unhurt and informed the fire brigade.
More than three dozen fire tender vehicles were pressed in service and they worked hard for five hours to pacify the fire.
A complaint was lodged by one of the employees Raju Ahirwar. The incident took place at around 10.30 am and the employees working at the unit informed the owner and the police. The loss in the fire is of lakhs of rupees and would be ascertained in the further investigation.c