20220715 Fire breaks out in Coimbatore pump manufacturing unit
India Jul 15 2022 “Building” “Factories”
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Fire breaks out in Coimbatore pump manufacturing unit
Updated: 2022-07-15
COIMBATORE: A fire broke out in a pump manufacturing unit at Elango Nagar in Coimbatore in the early hours of Friday. Motor pumps and other items worth more than Rs 2 crore were gutted.
The fire broke out at SKB Industries in Rajagopal Layout where water pumps for domestic needs are being manufactured.
After completing the work, all the employees left on Thursday night.
Fire broke out at the industry between 1.30am to 1.45am on Friday. Locals informed SKB Industries owner S Vignesh, 34, of Velappanaickenpudur who in turn alerted the Ganapathy fire service station.
A fire tender reached the spot around 2am. Two more fire tenders from Peelamedu fire station and Coimbatore south station reached the spot.
More than 35 fire and rescue services personnel led by assistant district fire officer Alagarsamy and station fire officers G Ravikumar, Sivakumar and Velusamy sprayed water to douse the flames. The fire was brought under control around 8.30am.
Around 1,500 pumps were kept ready in carton boxes to supply across the country. Machinery, two tonne coppers and raw materials were gutted.
Vignesh told police officials that pumps and other items worth more than Rs 2 crore were damaged in the fire .
Coimbatore city police commissioner V Balakrishnan inspected the spot on Friday morning. He directed the police officials to register a case and advised the industry management to take necessary precautions to prevent such fire mishaps in future. The Peelamedu police registered a case and further investigations were on.
Web Source: The Times of India