India News | Major Fire in Budaun's Electricity Department Workshop
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A major fire broke out Wednesday in an Electricity department workshop on Alapur Road, turning a large number of transformers, collected there for repair work, to ashes, a senior official said.
Budaun (UP), Apr 12 (PTI) A major fire broke out Wednesday in an Electricity department workshop on Alapur Road, turning a large number of transformers, collected there for repair work, to ashes, a senior official said.
No loss of life was reported and the reason for the fire was not immediately known.
According to UPPCL (Electricity Department) Superintending Engineer (SE) Pradeep Kumar, a fire broke out in the transformer workshop of the division office here.
The rising flames kept people living in nearby colonies in a state of anxiety for a long time, till they were put down by the firefighters after hours of struggle.
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The damage caused by the fire, and also the cause behind the blaze, will be assessed soon, Kumar said.
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