Electronics shop gutted in city
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 13
A major fire broke out at an electronic shop (Arora Electronics) opposite intercity bus terminal on Saturday morning. Exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained.
According to information, the fire wing of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation received a call around 5 am. Around 11 fire engines from fire stations, Khanna Paper Mill, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee were pressed into the service to douse flames. Officials said it took them nearly six hours to bring fire under control.
Lovepreet Singh, Additional Divisional Fire Officer (ADFO), said fire engines from various fire stations reached the spot within no time. “It was a major fire, which started at a godown and later engulfed the entire shop. A major challenge was to restrict flames from spreading to adjoining buildings. Our firefighters worked tirelessly.”
He said a car parked outside the shop got damaged and no loss of human life was reported. Lovepreet said they used hi-tech gadgets to douse flames in a systematic manner.
Owner of the shop claimed that goods worth crores were destroyed in the fire.
