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A fierce fire broke out in the Signet Pipe Factory in Pithampur Industrial Area in the early hours of Friday. The fire is so terrible that its smoke is clearly visible from about 10 kilometers away. As soon as the information was received, 12 vehicles of the fire department, SDRF team and police of three different police stations reached the spot. The extinguishing campaign has been going on late night.
Plastic pipe is done
The factory works to make plastic pipes. The flames took a formidable form due to catching a fire in raw materials. SDM Pramod Kumar Gurjar said that there is a fire in an industry at Sulawat, this company manufactures pipes. The fire brigade of the municipality, administration, urban administration, police fire station is still engaged here in rescue. Trying to control this. The fire started around two and a half in the morning, but the exact cause of the fire has not been known yet.
Special Fire Fighter Foam ordered
According to the station in -charge Rajendra Soni, special fire fighters and foam have also been ordered from Indore Airport. Several sand trucks have been sent inside the factory to control the fire. So far 25 dumper sand has been used.
Two crane burns to ashes
In this accident, two cranes parked in the factory have been completely burnt. Black smoke is still visible in the sky. Police forces including about 70 fire fighters, more than 150 municipal employees, SDMs, Tehsildar Jayesh Pratap Singh, Chief Municipal Officer Nishikant Shukla are constantly engaged in the fire extinguishing work.
Indore Municipal Corporation Commissioner Shivam Verma also reached the spot and instructed to get a thousand liters of foam to control the fire.
Last year, there was a fire
Significantly, on June 11 last year, the same factory was on fire, which took more than 11 hours to extinguish. Even then the fire was controlled using more than 20 firefighters, sand-mud and foam.
Tehsildar Jayesh Pratap Singh said that the fire has been controlled to a great extent and it is expected that the fire will be completely extinguished soon. However, the factory has suffered heavy damage. It is a matter of relief that no casualties have been reported so far.
