Chemical
Fire reported at chemical warehouse in Telangana, no casualties reported
It is suspected that the fire started in the godown of the unit and the drums containing solvents started exploding one after another and the fire spread rapidly.
- By ICN Bureau
| August 23, 2020
A major fire broke out at a polymer unit in Bonthapally Industrial area of neighbouring Sangareddy district of Telangana on late Saturday, fire department officials said.
No casualty was reported in the incident.
As per the available information, it is suspected that the fire started in the godown of the unit and the drums containing solvents started exploding one after another and the fire spread rapidly.
Seven fire tenders, including two from the Dundigal Airforce Academy, were pressed into service to extinguish the flames, a fire department official told PTI, adding the blaze has been brought under control.
"The intensity of the fire has been reduced. there is no human loss or injury to anyone. No one was there in the unit at the time of the incident," the official said.
The shed collapsed after the drums exploded, the official added.
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