Buildings seen here on fire, in Ukhrul town, following today’s inferno that swept across Wino Bazar destroying about a hundred homes and leaving several injured.
Ukhrul, Mar 11 : Many were rendered homeless and several were injured in Ukhrul town in a ravaging fire that broke out at 12:20 pm this evening at the town’s Wino Bazar. Destroying properties worth crores of rupees, an about a hundred homes, six civilians were also injured in the fire.
Two of them were taken to the district’s hospital with minor injuries, while four were treated at a private clinic. A young girl, aged 13, was also among the injured. However, no fatality was reported.
The whole town was engulfed in smoke as 50 meters high flames razed one house after another in the thickly-populated posh locality.
Ukhrul devastated by colossal fire By the time the fire brigade arrived at the scene at around 12:45 pm, the fire was beyond control. Fanned by strong winds, the inferno started devouring shop after shop within minutes. Roars of cylinder explosions were heard all over. All vehicular movement came to a grinding halt as the inferno caught wooden buildings nearby.
The Assam Rifles swiftly pitched in their firefighters from the northern direction while the Fire Brigade and the police, assisted by civilians, fought the fire from the western side. The DIG of B Range, Brigadier S Mander personally supervised the rescue operations. Very close to the vicinity were more than 500 students appearing their HSLC examinations. However, the examinations carried on as normal.
It took more than 4 hours for the fire brigade assisted by the Police, the Assam Rifles and the Manipur Rifles to finally douse the flames. By the time the flames died down, almost 100 houses of the town’s commercial hub were reduced to cinders. In the midst of the billowing smoke from the rubbles, the scene was replete with only signs of agony, loss and helplessness everywhere.
The loss of property is estimated to be in crores. The fire is believed to have started from a tea-hotel. It is also learnt that the district civil administration is arranging emergency relief camps for those who lost their homes.
(Aya A Shimray is a Freelance Reporter based in Ukhrul)
Two of them were taken to the district’s hospital with minor injuries, while four were treated at a private clinic. A young girl, aged 13, was also among the injured. However, no fatality was reported.
The whole town was engulfed in smoke as 50 meters high flames razed one house after another in the thickly-populated posh locality.
Ukhrul devastated by colossal fire By the time the fire brigade arrived at the scene at around 12:45 pm, the fire was beyond control. Fanned by strong winds, the inferno started devouring shop after shop within minutes. Roars of cylinder explosions were heard all over. All vehicular movement came to a grinding halt as the inferno caught wooden buildings nearby.
The Assam Rifles swiftly pitched in their firefighters from the northern direction while the Fire Brigade and the police, assisted by civilians, fought the fire from the western side. The DIG of B Range, Brigadier S Mander personally supervised the rescue operations. Very close to the vicinity were more than 500 students appearing their HSLC examinations. However, the examinations carried on as normal.
It took more than 4 hours for the fire brigade assisted by the Police, the Assam Rifles and the Manipur Rifles to finally douse the flames. By the time the flames died down, almost 100 houses of the town’s commercial hub were reduced to cinders. In the midst of the billowing smoke from the rubbles, the scene was replete with only signs of agony, loss and helplessness everywhere.
The loss of property is estimated to be in crores. The fire is believed to have started from a tea-hotel. It is also learnt that the district civil administration is arranging emergency relief camps for those who lost their homes.
(Aya A Shimray is a Freelance Reporter based in Ukhrul)
Fire destroys garages in Dimapur
Dimapur, March 11 : Fire today evening gutted over ten garages in the Gorapatti area, Dimapur (opposite Amar Flour Mill) at around 7 pm here destroying properties worth over Rs one crore. A private bus and a truck was completely burnt in the inferno, fire officials informed. The fire was brought under control after about one and half-hour of battle by the Fire Brigade, with six fire tenders pressed into service. Residential buildings near the garages were however untouched. Fire department officials, while saying that the cause of fire is still not known, informed that they could not contact the owners of the garages. Details about the properties damaged could not be ascertained so far.
But fire officials informed that the garages had modern machineries and equipments worth several lakhs of rupees.
Interestingly, the OC of Dimapur fire Brigade this evening lamented that the fire personnel were halted at the DDSC Junction for “exactly ten minutes” due to heavy traffic jam.
Saying that ten minutes matters a lot in such emergency cases, the fire official appealed the public to make way for he fire personnel who are on their way to attend to fire situations. It may be mentioned here that the same area, especially the garages faced a same fire last year in March and destroyed properties worth crores of rupees.
Dimapur, March 11 : Fire today evening gutted over ten garages in the Gorapatti area, Dimapur (opposite Amar Flour Mill) at around 7 pm here destroying properties worth over Rs one crore. A private bus and a truck was completely burnt in the inferno, fire officials informed. The fire was brought under control after about one and half-hour of battle by the Fire Brigade, with six fire tenders pressed into service. Residential buildings near the garages were however untouched. Fire department officials, while saying that the cause of fire is still not known, informed that they could not contact the owners of the garages. Details about the properties damaged could not be ascertained so far.
But fire officials informed that the garages had modern machineries and equipments worth several lakhs of rupees.
Interestingly, the OC of Dimapur fire Brigade this evening lamented that the fire personnel were halted at the DDSC Junction for “exactly ten minutes” due to heavy traffic jam.
Saying that ten minutes matters a lot in such emergency cases, the fire official appealed the public to make way for he fire personnel who are on their way to attend to fire situations. It may be mentioned here that the same area, especially the garages faced a same fire last year in March and destroyed properties worth crores of rupees.
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