The officers of Putlighar electricity department are now busy calculating an estimate of the losses after a fire broke out in their store, which could not be controlled even after 15 hours, reducing transformers and cables worth crores to ashes.
On receiving the information, Municipal Corporation commissioner Vinod Sharma, Additional Commissioner AS Daulatani, Jagesh Shrivastava, fire brigade in-charge Devendra Sharma and SS Tiwari camped the spot whole night with CE of electricity department Virender Gupta and other a dozen officers.
The store caught fire at about10 pm which continued up to 1 pm of the other day.
The officers are trying to estimate the loss. The store in-charge general manager is Sl Nareda is on leave. In 2009 also the store had caught fire and at that times also the store in charge on leave. The present charge of the store is with deputy general manager Al Morya.
The chief engineer electricity department Virendra Gupta said that the cause of fire is not circuit in the place where new and old transfers, cables and transformer oil were kept.
The loss of Rs 7 to 8 crore have been caused due to fire. The municipal corporation commissioner Vinod Sharma said that efforts are continuing to control the fire. So far nearly more than 800 vehicles of water have been used to douse the fire. But it is not being control. Now efforts are being made to check the fire for further screening. At the same time efforts are being made to control the fire.