Fire in factory; blankets, machines destroyed
Amritsar, July 3
A fire broke out at Nirmal Sulekha Knitwear, a clothes factory, in Pandori village on the Majitha Road-Verka bypass on Tuesday morning.
Clothes, including blankets, and machines worth crores were destroyed. However, no causality was reported.
It was raining around 9 am when the fire broke out. A total of 11 fire tenders, including eight of the Municipal Corporation, were pressed into service. Firefighters faced problems to refill water in tenders as the water source was away from the factory.
Additional Divisional Fire Officer Kashmir Singh said, “We doused the flames within an hour, but the chemical and clothes were burning till late evening. We have arranged water from the Khanna paper mill to control the fire.”
Fire department officials said a short-circuit could be the reason behind the fire.— TNS
