20200507 Nashik: Goods worth Rs 35 lakh gutted in Satpur factory
India Nov 10 2020 “Building” “Factories”
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Nashik: Goods worth Rs 35 lakh gutted in Satpur factory
Updated: 2020–05–09
NASHIK: A fire broke out in a pharmaceutical packaging factory in the Satpur industrial area on Thursday night. While there were no casualties, goods and articles, collectively amounting to over Rs 35 lakh, was gutted in the fire.
The fire broke out at the industrial unit around 7.30pm on Thursday. Chief fire officer Sanjay Bairagi said, “The exact cause of the fire could not be ascertained, though security guards were stationed at the unit. Even the owner of the packaging factory could not tell what led to the fire.
Mostly boxes and wooden raw material were stored at the industrial unit. The company was involved in the production of boxes. The fire turned all the articles in the factory into ashes in an hour. Nonetheless, fire fighters on five tenders—three from the fire brigade head office, one from Satpur and one more from a nearby industry—were pressed into service to douse the flames.
Bairagi said that it took the fire-fighters close to an hour to douse the flames and bring the situation under control.
Assistant commissioner of police Mangalsingh Suryawanshi, senior inspector at Satpur police station Rakesh Hande and other police personnel rushed to the factory to ensure people did not crowd near the accident spot.
Fire officials said that there were no workers in the company at the time the fire broke out. The factory was open from 7am to 3 pm. All the workers had left by 3pm.
Web Source: The Times of India