Fire ravages two jute bag units in Sonepat

Tribune News Service

Panipat/Sonepat, May 21

A major fire broke out in two adjoining jute bag manufacturing units in Nathupur village near Kundli in Sonepat district in the early hours of Thursday. Though no casualty was reported, owners claimed huge loss of manufactured products and raw material.

District Fire Officer Rampal said the fire was reported around 4.15 am in Jyoti Packing and Unique Packing Enterprises located in the Industrial Area at Nathupur village. He said 24 fire tenders from Sonepat, Kharkhoda, Rai, Kundli, Gohana, Gannaur, Bahadurgarh and Rohtak battled the blaze in the three-storey complex for 11 hours.

“We had to break the walls on both sides of the units to control the fire. There is a paint manufacturing unit adjoining the factories and had the fire spread to it, it would have been tough to control given the highly inflammable chemicals in the factory,” Rampal said.

A fireman said there was no hydraulic platform in the district, which made multi-storey buildings inaccessible. “We have asked for improvement in fire infrastructure in the district and have raised the demand for fire tenders and hydraulic platform,” said Rampal. Kashish Aggarwal, owner of one of the units said . “Workers said short circuit caused the fire and it spread to both units. It caused heavy losses of manufactured goods and raw material,” he said. The policer said actual cause would be known after the FSL team’s visit and probe.