20150912 India Church street fire under control, none hurt
India Sep 12 2015 “Building”
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Church street fire under control, none hurt
Updated: 2015-09-12-21:17
A three storied building under renovation along Church Street, a prominent commercial hub in central Bengaluru, caught fire at 8.10 pm on Sunday night creating tension in the area.
A three storied building under renovation along Church Street, a prominent commercial hub in central Bengaluru, caught fire at 8.10 pm on Sunday night creating tension in the area. No person has been hurt in the incident and fire was brought to control within 20 minutes by the fire forces.
Locals said that the fire broke from the ground floor of the building which bears the boards “Russh” and “# 29th Church Street Inn” and located opposite to Adigas hotel on the road. Locals said that welding work was going on inside the building and there were about 10 workers. One of them was using the gas cutter instrument, which could be the source of the fire, said Nagarjuna M, an eyewitness. Soon after the fire broke, workers came rushing out and started shouting to seek help. By that time the fire started spreading across the floor and reached some parts of the upper floor. The glass planes in the building started breaking due to the heat generated because of the fire inside.
Fire forces were summoned to the spot and in the meantime locals tried their best to douse the fire by pouring water through buckets. The first fire tender reached the spot within 15 minutes and fire was doused immediately. Soon, the second one arrived and the situation was brought under control completely.
Sources in the fire department said the cause of the fire was the gas cutter, which got burst all of a sudden and there could be some loose connection in the machine. “We are investigating the case further,” said an official.
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