Of the 3 mishaps, one occured in a heritage building
One of the fires in Chennai. (Photo:D C/File)
Chennai:Firemen in the city were on their toes on Thursday night after three incidents of fire mishaps, including one on Ranganathan street in T. Nagar and another at the Southern Railway office in Park Town were reported. Though no casualties were reported, as many as 23 fire tenders were pressed into service in the small hours on Friday.
Fire and rescue services teams reached the godown of a popular store located in a lane off Ranganathan street at around 3.30 am and took nearly two hours to douse the fire that broke out on the third floor. The fire control room revealed that an electrical short circuit could have triggered the fire. No one was injured in the fire.
Goods, mainly plastic, stored in the godown were damaged in the fire. As many as 15 fire tenders were pressed into service by fire control to make sure the fire did not spread to other buildings in Ranganathan street, which is the shopping hub of Chennai. Luckily, the shops had shut long before the fire broke out.
At the southern railway office, fire damaged files and records of the personnel department in the second floor. Fire control received a call at 3.45am on Friday and four fire tenders were rushed to Park Town to attend the call. The reason for the accident was not immediately known. However, railway officials ruled out the possibility of sabotage.
It is a heritage building. But the heritage structure was not damaged, and only records and papers were destroyed, said a railway official.In the third fire mishap, fire spread at a private software company located in Ambal Nagar near Ekattuthangal early on Friday and damaged the computers, air conditioners and furniture. The fire control room indicated that the fire may have spread due to an electrical short circuit and noted that four tenders were dispatched to attend the call.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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