20210427 Fire accident in footwear shop in Secunderabad, no casualties
India Apr 27 2021 “Building” “Stores”
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Fire accident in footwear shop in Secunderabad, no casualties
Updated: 2021-04-27
HYDERABAD: A major fire broke out in a footwear shop in the Jabbar Complex at Bansilalpet in Secunderabad here on Monday morning. However, no casualties were reported.
Officials suspect a gas leak from a tiffin center in the complex around 8.15 am might have caused the fire and later spread to the footwear shop. Locals, who noticed the fire and thick smoke from the closed footwear shop on the ground floor of the complex, immediately alerted the fire department and the police.
Although no casualties were reported, the massive fire and smoke led to a panic like situation in the area which is surrounded by residential colonies.
“It is an eight-floor building, and the footwear shop was full of rubber and inflammable material. The loss would have been massive if the locals wouldn’t have responded quickly. We received a call around 8.30 am and immediately rushed fire tenders to the location. It took us about an hour to bring the situation under control. There was nobody present inside at the time of the mishap,” said station house officer of Secunderabad, Mohan Rao, West Bengal Fire personnel with the help of two fire engines doused the fire. Officials further informed that the police have launched an investigation and the cost of the property damaged in the mishap is yet to be estimated.
Web Source: The Times of India