Firemen douse flames at 11 spots in Amritsar
During Diwali celebrations on Thursday, fire incidents were reported from 11 places in the city. The Fire Department of the municipal corporation (MC) received a fire call around 9.10 am from a factory near Khandwala Chowk where waste lying in the open in a nearby ground of the unit caught fire. The staff at the Beri Gate fire station rushed to the spot and doused the flames.
In the second case, a major fire broke out in a vacant plot along Batala Road around 2 pm where waste was lying. In the third incident fire was reported in a house near Shivala Bhaiyan at 3.30 pm. Goods and appliances in the house were reduced to ashes. Three fire tenders from Hall Bazaar fire station, Beri Gate and Sewa Society reached the spot and brought fire in the house under control.
Fire incidents have been reported from different areas in the city on Thursday. Teams from different fire stations doused the flames. We have made preparations for Friday night too. There is a confusion over the date on which Diwali is to be celebrated. We are expecting more fires on Friday. Our staff is on alert and ready to tackle any untoward situation. Dilbagh Singh, Additional Divisional Fire Officer
In the fourth incident, fire was reported in vacant plot along Majitha Road. In the fifth incident, the authorities were informed about fire in a vacant plot along Batala Road yesterday evening. The waste lying in the plots had caught fire. In the sixth incident, a shop near Sandhu Dairy in the Putligarh area was gutted in a fire around 10.50 pm. The staff and tenders from the Civil Lines fire station and Sewa Samiti reached the spot and doused the flames.
In the seventh incident, the Fire Department received a call from a house in Anand Avenue on Maqbool Road at midnight. A fire tender reached the house and doused flames. In the eight incident, a bus heading from Ajnala to Fatehgarh Churian caught fire due to some technical snag. Firemen from Ajnala and another from Hall Bazar reached the spot and extinguished the fire. In the ninth incident, fire was reported from a shop near Arora Hospital, Chheharta Road, around 1 am. Two fire tenders brought fire in the shop under control. Goods lying inside shop were gutted in the fire.
In the tenth incident, garbage lying in a vacant plot near Ratan Singh Chowk caught fire during the wee hours. To prevent the further spread of blaze, a fire brigade team reached the spot and doused flames at 2.30 am.
In the eleventh incident, a fire incident was reported at Great Hotel and a nearby residential plot around 5 am. The Fire Department staff immediately reached the spot and brought the fire under control.
Additional Divisional Fire Officer (ADFO) Dilbagh Singh said fire incidents were reported from different areas in the city. He said teams from different fire stations in the city doused the flames. He said, “We have made preparations for Friday night too. There is a confusion over the date on which Diwali is to be celebrated. We are expecting more fires today. Our staff is on alert and ready to tackle any untoward situation. Residents must burst firecrackers while taking precautions to prevent fire incidents.”
