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Water tenders from the Indian Air Force, Indian Army and Guwahati Refinery joined efforts to incorporate a monolithic occurrence that has been raging for implicit 38 hours astatine a commercialized analyzable successful Guwahati lodging a buying promenade and SBI's premium banking and commercialized branches, officials said connected Thursday (December 11, 2025).
More than 25 occurrence tenders person been pressed into work since the incident, with further units arriving from Morigaon, Kamrup and Nalbari districts.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) was besides called successful with high-tech smoke-reduction instrumentality to assistance successful the operation.
The occurrence broke retired astatine Swagata Square Complex successful ABC Point astir 12:30 a.m. connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025).
"There is occurrence connected the sixth floor. We are trying to douse it," a elder authoritative of the Fire & Emergency Services (F&ES) told PTI.
Smoke is besides billowing from the 2nd floor, wherever the occurrence originated astatine the godown of the buying mall, helium added.
"There is occurrence astatine the backside of the building. However, owed to non-adherence to information norms portion construction, occurrence tenders are incapable to scope the rear," different authoritative said.
He said the authorities acrophobic did not enforce required information norms portion permitting a commercialized operation of this size.
Visiting the site, Kamrup Metropolitan District Commissioner Sumit Sattawan said preliminary enquiries recovered that the gathering had each information clearances.
"The gathering proprietor said the audit was done 2 months ago. So, prima facie, it seems the gathering does not person immoderate issue," helium told reporters.
The authorities volition hold for a last study from the F&ES Department aft dousing the blaze, Mr. Sattawan said.
"If determination is immoderate lapse, we volition decidedly instrumentality enactment against those responsible. We volition travel to cognize astir the details of the root of the occurrence from the report," helium added.
So far, lone 1 firefighter has sustained a insignificant wounded and was treated astatine Gauhati Medical College and Hospital.
"Our boys instantly responded to the occurrence telephone post-midnight connected Wednesday and reached the spot wrong 15 minutes. We could halt the occurrence from spreading," the F&ES authoritative said.
"The occurrence originated astatine the godown of the promenade connected the 2nd floor, wherever a batch of inflammable materials and apparel were stored," helium added.
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), successful a statement, said occurrence unit are attempting to power the dispersed of occurrence and forestall it from reaching the little floors.
"Due to zero visibility and dense smoke, the occurrence could not beryllium controlled efficaciously successful the archetypal stage. The gathering premises and surrounding areas person been secured. Evacuation protocols were initiated for safety," it added.
ASDMA said that preliminary reflection suggests important harm to the affected floors, but a elaborate appraisal volition beryllium done erstwhile the occurrence is afloat controlled.
The origin of the occurrence is inactive chartless astatine this stage, it added.
An ASDMA authoritative told PTI that occurrence has been controlled, but it is not yet afloat doused owed to galore inflammable materials successful the building.
"There are nary flames present but fume is billowing. We are moving connected dousing the blaze completely," helium said.
"We person been told that the occurrence has conscionable been controlled, but occurrence section officials are inactive assessing the building. They are apt to observe it for fewer much hours. We volition beryllium capable to cheque the lockers and different items successful item lone aft getting an introduction into the antithetic floors," a elder SBI authoritative told reporters extracurricular the building.
