121111 70 lakh property lost in Verna fire
India Nov 11 2012 “Building”
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70 lakh property lost in Verna fire
VASCO: Property worth 70 lakh was destroyed in a fire that broke out in the third floor office of the Tevapharma India Pvt. Ltd, in the Verna industrial estate, in the wee hours of Sunday.
Personnel from the Verna and Margao fire stations extinguished the blaze and saved property worth crores of rupees. The UPS, server, computers, office furniture, electrical panels etc. were damaged in the fire. There was no casualty in the incident.
At about 1am on Sunday, the fire started in the UPS room on third floor of the building, exploding UPS batteries and engulfing the adjacent BMS room and electrical panel room.
According to S V Parni, station fire officer, Verna, “When the fire broke out, an engineer and his assistant were on duty in the control room, adjacent to the battery room, on the same floor.” When they smelt the smoke they rushed out and realised that the battery room was on fire.
Fire brigade officers from Margao and Verna rushed to the spot. The fire was brought under control by 2:30am and completely extinguished by 3:30am.
Officials from the company reported a loss of 70 lakh, whereas fire department is yet to estimate the loss suffered.
Timely intervention by fire personnel prevented the fire from spreading any further.
S V Parni, station fire officer, Verna fire station, and Hemant Chodankar, sub-officer, Margao fire station, with their team of fire fighters conducted the fire fighting operations under the supervision of Ashok Menon, director, fire and emergency services, who also visited the site and took stock of the situation.
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Web Source: The Times of India
Date: 11 November, 2012
Country: India