LUDHIANA: A major fire incident was reported in a garment factory at Kali Sadak on early Sunday morning which kept the fire fighters on their toes.
The fire was on the second floor of the building and due to the lengthy hall, officials struggled to control the flames. They had to break the walls from five to six points. It was a narrow escape for over two dozen factory workers who were working in the unit at the time of the incident. The firemen took more than four hours to control the blaze.
As per sub fire officer Aatish Rai, they came to know about the fire in Sungrace Fabric Private limited at 6am but the workers claimed that it was at around 5.30am that they noticed a sudden spark inside and in no time, the fire spread in the stock kept inside. The workers first tried with fire extinguishers to douse the flames but it did not work and so they rushed outside. He said they came to the spot after receiving information and started spilling water over the flames.
Rai said, “Due to intense heat, even the walls and ceiling of the building got damaged badly. We had to create room for the smoke while breaking the walls from adjoining factories and also water was not reaching to the last point.” He said the fire the brought under control at around 10am and fire tenders made over 40 rounds.
Meanwhile panic gripped the area and factory owners from other factories too started receiving the phone calls. Arun Kumar, the owner of Amit Hosiery, also received a call at around 6am. He said, “I got a call from my factory staff about a fire in the adjoining factory so I had to rush there. Due to heat, walls of my factory also got hot. We decided to observe holiday in the factory on Sunday while taking precaution.”
The fire was on the second floor of the building and due to the lengthy hall, officials struggled to control the flames. They had to break the walls from five to six points. It was a narrow escape for over two dozen factory workers who were working in the unit at the time of the incident. The firemen took more than four hours to control the blaze.
As per sub fire officer Aatish Rai, they came to know about the fire in Sungrace Fabric Private limited at 6am but the workers claimed that it was at around 5.30am that they noticed a sudden spark inside and in no time, the fire spread in the stock kept inside. The workers first tried with fire extinguishers to douse the flames but it did not work and so they rushed outside. He said they came to the spot after receiving information and started spilling water over the flames.
Rai said, “Due to intense heat, even the walls and ceiling of the building got damaged badly. We had to create room for the smoke while breaking the walls from adjoining factories and also water was not reaching to the last point.” He said the fire the brought under control at around 10am and fire tenders made over 40 rounds.
Meanwhile panic gripped the area and factory owners from other factories too started receiving the phone calls. Arun Kumar, the owner of Amit Hosiery, also received a call at around 6am. He said, “I got a call from my factory staff about a fire in the adjoining factory so I had to rush there. Due to heat, walls of my factory also got hot. We decided to observe holiday in the factory on Sunday while taking precaution.”
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