A sudden fire broke out in a truck filled with sanitary, groceries and plastic items at around 12.30 pm on the transport parking located near Rajbagh metro station in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad. On seeing this, high flames of fire took five other trucks standing in the parking lot. The people present on the spot informed the police and the fire brigade. The fire was controlled in about three hours with the help of 10 fire and form tender and a private company’s water tender. There is no loss of life in the accident. All the trucks burnt to ashes were loaded with goods. There is a possibility of loss of crores of rupees.
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Goods filled with trucks – photo: Amar Ujala
Saiful Bengali parking located near Rajbagh metro station has a parking of about 50 trucks. Around 35 trucks were parked here on Thursday. More than half of these trucks were going to go to other states and cities and had fiber, wiring cables, utensils, grease oil, toys, clothes and other items including other items. A fire broke out in a truck filled with sanitary goods at around 12.30 pm. The truck drivers and operators present on the spot tried to extinguish the fire, but the fire went on spreading. On seeing this, five other trucks standing in the parking lot also came to the fire.
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All trucks were standing in parking – photo: Amar Ujala
On the information of the accident, Chief Fire Officer Rahul Pal Vaishali, Kotwali and Loni reached the spot from the fire station with one form and water tender. Started extinguishing the fire, but, the fire continued to spread by asking for three, four from Vaishali, one from Loni and a fire tender from private auto mobile company. After nearly three hours of hard work, the fire brigade team could control the fire. Thankfully there was no loss of life. However, six trucks were completely burnt to ashes, including goods. Small domestic use cylinders were also seen burnt near a truck in the parking lot.
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After three hours of hard work, 11 fire engines control the fire – photo: Amar Ujala
Breaks started as the trucks started burning
CFO Rahul Pal said that during the fire, the sound of loud blast was heard for a long time. The trucks have containers of stuffed items or other things that were being exploded when they were burning or bursting. This has not been confirmed, but it is feared that the explosion may also occur due to the burst of small cylinders lying in the parking lot. In terms of security, the local police team reached the parking population and evacuated the houses. The accident could also be large, as there are dense population, petrol pumps and pipe markets around the parking lot. If the fire spread, a big accident could have happened.
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Smoke shown far – photo: Amar Ujala
There was chaos in people
As soon as the accident occurred, black smoke waves appeared several kilometers in the sky. Black smoke also made it difficult for people living nearby to stay in homes. From children to big people ran out of their homes. There was chaos in the market nearby. For a long time, people went far away from homes to rescue. People returned to their homes when the fire was completely extinguished by about four o’clock in the evening.