If not for the officials of the Disaster Response & Fire Services and GHMC’s Disaster Response Force, the fire accident at the scrap godown in Bhoiguda would have easily spread to the adjacent timber and plywood depots.
“This is our duty, but unfortunately, we couldn’t save those 11 workers. Although the first fire tender, kept on COVID-19 duty at Gandhi Hospital, reached the godown at 4:02 a.m., not a cry of help was heard and we thought there was no one inside,” a Fire official said, sharing his disappointment.
The local businesses too, were worried about their stores catching fire and wanted fire tenders to reach them soon, and only when a cluster of cellphone signals were located at the godown, it was discovered that there were occupants inside, the officer said.
