A fire broke out in the Shiv Shakti Textile Market in Surat, Gujarat on Wednesday evening. On seeing this, the flames engulfed the first and second floors of the market. This stirred the spot. People trapped inside with great difficulty were taken out. At this time, the police and the fire brigade team reached the spot and laid siege to the fire and the fire was controlled by late evening. On Wednesday, this market was again on fire.
According to fire brigade officials, this market caught fire on Tuesday evening. One person was also killed in that incident. However, on receiving the information, the police and the fire brigade team reached the spot and controlled the fire. The damage in that fire could not be assessed that, the market caught fire again on Wednesday morning. This time the fire was more terrible than before. On seeing this, the fire engulfed the first and second floors of the market.
On receiving the information, the fire brigade again reached the spot and laid siege of fire after several hours of effort and now the fire has been extinguished. After the incident, DCP Bhagirath Garhvi of Surat said that the teams of fire department have controlled the fire in the market. Meanwhile, to prevent any kind of untoward incident, the entire area was laid siege. The affected area was evacuated. He told that it has not been clear yet how much loss has been done in this fire. He told that there are more than 800 shops of textiles in this market.
All these shops have been closed. Apart from this market, other nearby shops have also been closed. On the other hand, fire brigade officials said that there was a huge fire. More than 50 fire engines were installed to control this fire. All these trains made four to five rounds. At the same time, about 200 firefighters were engaged to extinguish the fire. All these employees have controlled the fire by playing on their lives. Thus, the relief and rescue work started from eight in the morning has continued till evening.
