Jaipur: A serious fire broke out inside an electric-scooter workshop on Wednesday afternoon in Sudarshanpura industrial space close to 22 Godam.
Items worth Rs 50 lakh had been gutted in the fire, a senior fire official mentioned.
As per fire officer, Rajendra Nagar, the blaze began round 12.50pm and a workforce of 40 firefighters and 20 fire tenders had been pressed into the service to include the flames which had been towering above.
Nagar mentioned that the electrical scooters had been assembled at the workshop earlier than being despatched to the distributors. The workforce of the fire division made their manner by means of enveloping thick smoke and managed to save lots of round 120 automobiles that had been saved contained in the burning workshop.
A thick plume of black smoke had engulfed your entire space the place over a dozen medium and small workshops and factories are positioned.
The blaze posed a serious threat of sweeping by means of adjoining factories, nevertheless, Nagar mentioned that his workforce had rapidly managed to include the flames earlier than it may set off a serious mishap.
“We used all fire tenders at our disposable and controlled the fire before it could sweep through other places,” Nagar mentioned.
The precise causes which triggered the fire are but to be decided, nevertheless, the officers haven’t dominated out the potential of some electrical malfunction resulting in the fire.
The factory homeowners have estimated a complete lack of about Rs 50 lakh, the fire division, nevertheless, mentioned that most of the eclectic scooters had been saved following a well timed motion.
The incident sparked a wave of panic in the locality the place a number of staff had been evacuated from close by models and many individuals gathered on the primary avenue. Police needed to disperse the group in order that fire tenders may rush in on time.
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