Fire at NTC's textile unit in Bhopal, none injured
A fire broke out at a textile mill run by the National Textile Corporation (NTC) in Bhopal on Sunday morning, but no injury or casualty has been reported, an official said. Around 2:30 am, the fire brigade received a call about the blaze at the textile unit located in Chandbarh area, Bhopal Municipal Corporation's (BMC) fire officer Sajid Khan. Here's more.
Took seven hours, 40 fire tenders to douse the blaze
Initially, two fire tenders were sent to the textile mill. However, as the blaze gradually spread in the premises, more fire tenders were rushed to the site. "Fire tenders of the Army and the police were also pressed into service. It took about seven hours for around 40 fire tenders to control the flames, but by then the entire unit was gutted," Khan said.
Inadequate arrangements for fire control in the mill campus
The BMC fire officer said there were inadequate arrangements for fire control in the mill campus. NTC's general manager Ajay Kumar Dixit said, "The gutted premises is one of two units of the textile mill. The second unit and godown in the campus are safe. Loss of property in the blaze is being estimated," he said.
