Yogesh K Porwar
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major fire broke out in the godown of a garment and chemical factory situated in Hebbagodi industrial area on Thursday.No casualties have been reported as people ran out as soon as the fire was noticed .
The godown covering two acres of land to store raw material including clothes,cotton and industrial sewing machinery along with chemicals and machinery belonging to many firms catches suspected to be from a cotton processing machine.
Due to the overheat of motor and friction,fire broke out and soon spread to the other parts of the godown.Panic gripped among the people who ran to take cover from the fire and thick smoke .
Seven fire tenders and a team of State Disaster management team comprising of around 88 personnel rushed to the spot and after two hours of struggle managed to contain the fire.
A hotel and several industrial firms adjacent to the godown have been evacuated to safety,Senior officials of the fire and emergency services and the police officials visited the spot to supervise the operations.
The entire godown was collapsed due to the fire and goods and material worth several lakhs gutted.The officials have questioned the security personnel and awaiting the owner of the godown for further probe .