Massive fire erupts at TRW in Kishanganj;no injury reported
KISHANGANJ, Nov. 12 -- A massive fire broke out at a Transformer Repairing Workshop (TRW) in Kishanganj on Wednesday.
Several fire tenders are struggling to bring the blaze, which has risen up to 50 feet, under control. Eyewitnesses claimed that they heard several loud explosions. TRW is located in the densely populated Paschim Palli area under Kishanganj town police station limits.
"We have heard several explosions from TRW which is housed with a large number of drums of oil," an official told HT declaring it 'conflagration.'
A junior engineer of North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (NBPDCL) Vishal Choudhary blamed the bird for the fire and said, "A bird which was sitting on the wire created spark which later caused fire that spread abruptly and it took ugly form after highly inflammable transformer oil caught fire."
Circle officer (CO) Rahul Kumar camping at the site said, "Four teams of fire extinguishers are at work and soon, the fire would be brought under control." He appealed to the people to cooperate with the fire extinguishing teams in the work.
"The exact cause of the fire and the full extent of damage to equipment and stored materials can only be said only after fire has been put out," the CO said adding "Our first priority is to control fire."...
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