City Reports 22 Fire-related Incidents on Diwali

Hyderabad: Over 22 Diwali-related fire accidents were reported in Hyderabad city on Sunday, and a total of 28 in GHMC limits, according to district fire officer (DFO) Srinivas Reddy. He told Deccan Chronicle that a majority of incidents occurred due to diyas placed in an unsafe manner, and misfiring rockets that landed in houses and shops.

A Diwali rocket that fell inside an electronics showroom on Shalibanda road at about 1 am triggered a fire that took six fire engines three hours to douse. The showroom is in the second floor of a four-four storey.

In another incident, Narsingi police said that a tent set up to sell fire crackers was gutted when some crackers accidentally on the diyas and went off. This resulted in a property loss of Rs 15 to 20 lakh. A similar accident was reported from a residential apartment in Kukatpally, where furniture went up in flames.

A massive fire broke out due to wrong placing of diyas at a slippers’ godown under Mir Chowk police station limits.  

Fire from wrongly placed lamps at a bookshop in Medipally also spread to an adjacent tailor shop.

In MadhuranNagar, a godown caught fire because crackers were burst without adequate precautions.

This apart, in Mailardevpally a cardboard unit reported a major fire that was caused by a short circuit. Fire caused by a short circuit left three people in discomfort in a chemical factory at Quthbullapur. They all recovered soon.