20201114 Fire breaks out in textile store in Madurai, two firefighters killed
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Fire breaks out in textile store in Madurai, two firefighters killed
Updated: 2020–11–14
Fire broke out in a textile store in Navabathkana street near Vilakkuthoon in Madurai.
MADURAI: Two firefighters from city fire and rescue services unit were killed while putting off a fire, which broke out in a textile store in the wee hours of Saturday near Vilakkuthoon.
The firefighters were killed when a portion of the building collapsed and fell on them. Two more firefighters suffered minor injuries and were taken to a private hospital near Periyar.
Police sources said that the store located in Navabathkana Street, where the incident took place, was closed after the day’s sales at around 11 pm on Friday night. The fire broke out at around 2.30 am. Four fire tenders from Meenakshi Amman Temple, Anupanadi and Thideer Nagar stations reached the spot before 3 am.
The textile store was functioning in an old building just 10 feet wide and 30 feet long. The fire broke out in the first floor of the building. Four fire fighters Krishnamoorthi, Sivarajan, Kalyankumar and Chinnakaruppu entered the building. As they splashed water, a part of the building collapsed and fell on Krishnamoorthi and Sivarajan. They were fully covered by debris and could not be located.
An earthmover vehicle was brought to remove the debris. The two were rescued one by one at 5 am and sent to a hospital, where doctors declared that they were brought dead. Krishnamoorthi, 30, was from Meenakshi Temple fire station and Sivarajan was from Thideer Nagar fire station.
In total five fire tenders were used to quell the fire. They were supported by two tanker trucks from Madurai corporation. Deputy director of southern region of fire and rescue services department P Saravanakumar and Madurai district fire officer K Kalyana Kumar reached the spot. Officials from Madurai corporation and police department also reached the spot and conducted separate inquiries.
Web Source: The times of India