20220914 Hyderabad: Welding work leads to fire at Jubilee Hills building
India Sep 14 2022 “Building” “Factories”
Dead : dead 0 or unknown Burnout : 1 to 29 Injured : injured 0 or unknown
Hyderabad: Welding work leads to fire at Jubilee Hills building
Updated: 2022-09-14
HYDERABAD: A multi-storey building in Jubilee Hills, which was being renovated, caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. However, there were no casualties.
When workers were carrying out welding works, a polythene sheet caught fire and it fell on the outdoor AC units on the first floor. Electric wires on the outdoor units caught fire and four of them explode.
“Only a few construction workers were present at that time. They safely left the place as soon as the fire broke out,” an official from Film Nagar fire station said.
Two fire tenders rushed to the spot and put out the blaze. Property loss is yet to be estimated. Jubilee Hills police registered a fire accident case.The condition of one of the injured is critical, Chandana Deepthi said.
The remaining hotel customers and staff were either rescued without any injuries or managed to get out of the building without any harm.
Two customers, Man Mohan Khanna and Rajesh Chabra along with four hotel workers managed to reach the adjacent Yatri hotel from the terrace of Ruby Hotel.
On the complaint of Khanna, a case was registered under sections 304 (ii) and 337of the IPC against Rubby hotel and Ruby Gemopai electric scooters owners Sumith Singh, his brothers and manager who are illegally running the electrical scooters business on the hotel premises.
Four of the deceased have been identified. They were A Harish, 33, from Vijayawada, Veerender Kumar Devakar, 50, of Delhi, Seetha Raman, 48, of Chennai and Balaji, 58, of Chennai. The identity of four other deceased, including a woman, is yet to be identified.
Home minister Mahmood Ali who visited the spot on Tuesday said the state government had announced Rs 3 lakh ex-gratia to the families of the deceased and the government would also bear the expenses for the transportation of the bodies to their native places.
“The owners of the establishment were using the cellar for business purposes instead of using it for parking. We have booked a case against them. I appeal to businessmen not to use parking spaces for commercial purposes,” the Home minister said.
Web Source: The Times of India