Officials confirmed that the fire broke out due to short circuit in the server room
Two-wheelers gutted at the Regal Raptor motorbike showroom at Jubilee Hills on Friday morning. (Photo: DC)
Hyderabad: A major fire broke out in the Regal Raptor motorbike showroom in the city early on Friday due to a short circuit, damaging property worth '2.5 crore. It took fire personnel with a water tender from the Filmnagar unit around 15 minutes to douse the fire. Officials confirmed that the fire broke out due to short circuit in the server room of the showroom.
“We believe it was an electric short circuit but investigations are on to confirm the cause. We were informed by the police and a fire tender was despatched,” said a fire officer. “The security guard of the showroom noticed smoke from inside at about 1.45 am and informed the law and order police station located opposite the showroom. Fire personnel were informed and they reached within 10 minutes. However, around five bikes were gutted completely,” said Traffic ACP, Sheik Masoom Basha.
Apart from the bikes, several spare parts, interiors and ACs were gutted. “A total damage of about Rs 2 to Rs 2.5 crore is the initial estimate according to the representatives of the showroom,” Mr Basha said. Follow up will be done by the police on the estimates. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident. The showroom was inaugurated in this June on Road No. 36, Jubilee Hills.
90% buildings have not followed safety norms:
Officials of GHMC’s fire wing have issued a No Objection Certifi-cate to 1,800 buildings of a total of 20,164 buildings. This means that 90 per cent of the buildings have not followed fire safety norms. Among the violators are nursing homes, schools, function halls and commercial buildings. It is mandatory for all buildings over 15 metres or having ground plus four floors to secure the NOC.
GHMC records show that 40 per cent of Greater Hyderabad’s commercial outlets function without the NOC. There have been instances wherein buil-dings have caught fire twice and on both occasions there were no fire safety measures in pla-ce despite the Corpo-ration’s warning. Only 893 educational institutions (30 per cent) have complied with fire safety norms.
All major hospitals have renewed their NOC from time to time, however small nursing homes are the major violators. GHMC has the power to file a case, once notice has been issued and not been responded to within 90 days.
Several residential and commercial buildings in the Charminar area, Kukatpally, Ameerpet and Abids, which are built on an area less then 200 square yards have violated not only fire norms but building regulations as well. Residential buildings of up to five floors (below 18 metres) are required to have an overhead tank with a capacity of 25,000 litres, a booster pump with a capacity of 900 litres/minute, hose reel, manual alarm and fire extinguishers. Staircases are required to be at least 1.5 metres wide in commercial and 1.2 metres wide in residential buildings.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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