Fire erupts at Baddi pharmaceutical unit
Tribune News Service
Solan, February 5
A fire erupted in a packaging material store on the third floor of a pharmaceutical industry at Gullerwala village in the Baddi industrial area around 10.50 am today. No employee was present at the store at the time of the incident.
Firefighters immediately arrived there on receiving information. Factory staff saw smoke billowing out of the store and tried to douse the flames. Fire engines were also requisitioned from Nalagarh, Baddi and nearby textile units. Though the fire was brought under control within a few hours, it was yet to be doused completely by evening.
‘Short circuit may be the cause’
- Fire engines were requisitioned from Nalagarh, Baddi and nearby textile units
- Though the fire was brought under control within a few hours, it was yet to be doused completely by Friday evening
- The factory staff believes short circuit to be the cause of the fire
The factory staff believes short circuit to be the cause of the fire. Commandant, Home Guards, Dr Shiv Kumar said that the actual loss would be estimated after the fire was doused totally.
