A fire broke out at a chemical factory in Makhinga village of Palsana near Surat on Wednesday. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and efforts to control the blaze are underway. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained
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A fire broke out at a chemical factory in the Makhinga village of Palsana, Surat, in Gujarat on Wednesday, news agency ANI reported. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot, and efforts to control the fire are underway, a fire officer said.
Fire Officer Rishi Soni, while speaking to the media on Wednesday, stated, "A call was received this morning about a fire in a chemical factory. The fire tenders were immediately deployed on the spot. The efforts to douse the fire are underway. The cause of the fire is unknown."
The firefighters have launched an operation to bring the fire under control, ANI reported. Further details are awaited.
Fire breaks out in Gujarat's Valsad; no injuries reported
In a similar incident in Gujarat, a massive fire was reported on December 12 at a plastics raw material company in Valsad, prompting local authorities to deploy multiple fire tenders to douse the blaze. Visuals from the Tumb village in Umbergaon taluka, Valsad, showed multiple firefighting officials carrying water containers to douse the flames engulfing the godown.
While no casualties were reported in the incident, firefighting operations were carried out with at least six fire tenders on site.
A day before on December 11, a fire was reported at a godown in Gujarat's Surat. Surat Chief Fire Officer Basantkumar Pareek told the media, "Wooden items, used in weddings, are stored here. Flammable materials like mattresses, cushions and PVC chairs are also here. We are making efforts to ensure that the fire doesn't spread."
The fire officer added, “About 50 fire personnel carried out the operation, and no casualties were reported.”
Fire breaks out at Kandivali industrial unit in Mumbai
On Tuesday, a fire broke out at the Perfect Paper Corn Company in the Charkop area of Mumbai’s Kandivali West.
The incident was reported to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC’s) fire brigade at 2.37 pm. The fire, confined to electric wiring, installations, and paints, affected an area of approximately 3000 square feet on the ground floor of the ground-plus-one-floor building.
The Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB) declared the blaze a Level-1 fire at 3.02 pm. Several agencies, including MFB, police, Adani Power, 108 ambulance service, and ward staff, were mobilised. No injuries were reported in the incident, officials said.
(With inputs from ANI)
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