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Two chemical units gutted
A MASSIVE fire broke out in two chemical units in Krishna Nagar area on Monday. Due to explosions in chemical drums containing acetone, benzene and ether, panic gripped the entire area and local residents were spotted running for a safe shelter out of fear of some untoward incident. The fire was so intense that the flames were seen reaching to a height of 60 feet. It took three hours of hard toil on the part of firemen to control the flame. Fire was so intense that the local administration had to summon fire tenders from defence establishments located in the city.
A MASSIVE fire broke out in two chemical units in Krishna Nagar area on Monday. Due to explosions in chemical drums containing acetone, benzene and ether, panic gripped the entire area and local residents were spotted running for a safe shelter out of fear of some untoward incident.
The fire was so intense that the flames were seen reaching to a height of 60 feet. It took three hours of hard toil on the part of firemen to control the flame.
Fire was so intense that the local administration had to summon fire tenders from defence establishments located in the city.
Chemicals worth lakhs of rupees gutted and several nearby houses developed cracks due to fire. Fortunately no one was injured in the fire but some valuable goods of labourers working there were reportedly turned into rubble.
Though the exact reason behind fire was not clear, but firemen were assuming that it could be caused by some inflammable substance. According to eyewitnesses, huge flames started emanating from two factories—Vertex Chemicals and Vikram Chemicals. According to information at 2 pm, suddenly a massive fire broke out in the factories following explosions.
An eyewitness Ravi said, “We thought that bombs were exploded and after seeing high flames we thought that some thing untoward had happened in our area and we all got scared and were trying to save our lives.”
Some firemen, who grappled with fire for more than three hours told that it was a major fire and initial estimates hinted that nearly Rs 15 lakh worth of chemical got burnt in the incident. Meanwhile, vehicles on the GT road got stranded for 3 hours and commuters were spotted inquiring about the reason behind the traffic jam.
