4 months ago
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Ten autorickshaws, 2 two-wheelers successful a conveyance parking batch and adjoining furnishings store gutted astatine Kagithapattarai that comes nether Vellore Corporation limits adjacent Collectorate office, disconnected Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48), aft occurrence broke retired successful the parking batch successful the aboriginal hours connected Friday, resulting successful heavy fume successful the area.
Police said that it was astir 2 a.m erstwhile residents noticed heavy fume coming from the parking lot. Immediately, they alerted parking batch proprietor S. Ravi, and Vellore North police. Despite their efforts to douse disconnected the flames, the occurrence dispersed to the full parking lot, which is astir 1,800 sq.ft, and adjoining the furnishings workshop.
Based connected alert, a 10-member occurrence fighters squad from Vellore municipality and Katpadi rushed to the spot. Before firefighters could scope the spot, occurrence dispersed to the full parking lot. After much than 2 hours of hard labour, occurrence fighters doused it.
However, a radical of autorickshaws and two-wheelers got wholly gutted. Tonnes of furnishings goods including teakwood logs that is estimated astir Rs 50 lakh were destroyed successful the accident.
Residents complained of terrible oculus irritation particularly among children and elder citizens owed to fume from the unit. A lawsuit was registered by Vellore North police. Police said that the existent origin of the mishap is being ascertained. A probe is underway.
