Minor fire at thread unit in Jhalawar

  • | Monday | 20th November, 2017

Kota: A minor fire broke out on Sunday in a unit of thread factory belonging to Shri Vallabh Pittie group in RIICO area at Jhalrapatan town of Jhalawar. "The workers rushed out of the unit and the machines were shut down," Jhalrapatan SHO Heera Lal said. It soon spread to the whole unit, he said.A fire tender from the factory and two others from Jhalrapatan town were immediately engaged to control the fire. "The incident took place on the first floor and basement of a unit of thread factory," said DSP Chagan Singh, Jhalrapatan.The blaze started when waste material (cotton dust) stored on the first floor and basement of the unit caught fire around 3.45pm, probably due to short circuit. The fire was doused in time and no loss of life or property was reported.

Kota: A minor fire broke out on Sunday in a unit of thread factory belonging to Shri Vallabh Pittie group in RIICO area at Jhalrapatan town of Jhalawar. The fire was doused in time and no loss of life or property was reported."The incident took place on the first floor and basement of a unit of thread factory," said DSP Chagan Singh, Jhalrapatan.The blaze started when waste material (cotton dust) stored on the first floor and basement of the unit caught fire around 3.45pm, probably due to short circuit. It soon spread to the whole unit, he said.A fire tender from the factory and two others from Jhalrapatan town were immediately engaged to control the fire. District officials also rushed to the spot and supervised the operations, he added."The workers rushed out of the unit and the machines were shut down," Jhalrapatan SHO Heera Lal said.

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