Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
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| Fire in oil godown. Representional picture |
A major fire broke out at two godown at Control Wadi, Shivaji Nagar, area late on Sunday night. The fire gutted goods worth lakh of rupees. Such was the intensity of fire that Fire and Emergency Services personnel evacuated homes located behind the godown for safety. The flames were leaping high and could be seen from nearly a kilometre and hence all available fire tenders were requisitioned to help control the blaze.
As per primary information with Fire and Emergency Services of Nagpur Municipal Corporation, a call was received regarding necessity of fire tenders to help douse a big fire. The fire as per information started from a godown stocking edible oil. The presence of inflammable material only helped the flames to spread quite fast and a nearby godown stocked with perfumed too was engulfed by the fire within few minutes.
The fire was first noticed around 9 pm as per Fire and Emergency Services Control Room. Within matter of minutes the fire assumed devastating proportion threatening nearby houses as well as other godowns located in the nearby area. The heady combination of edible oil and perfume only aggravated the matter and spraying water only did not help bring the flames under control.
Seven fire tenders of NMC were dispatched to the spot as the flames were out of control. Fire tenders from Ordnance Factory and other nearby fire stations were also rushed to the spot to avoid a major catastrophe. The firefighters were busy trying to halt spread of the flames since the oil had spilled into major portion causing difficulties in controlling the fire.
The godown that stocked edible oil is owned by Amit Khandelwal. It required nearly two hours for firemen to control the leaping flames. Primary findings suspect an electrical short circuit as the cause of fire. Further investigations would revealed the exact reason.
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