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Massive fire breaks out at wooden warehouse in Alwar

The fire broke out in a large wooden warehouse on Wednesday night in the Ghatal village of  Bhiwadi in Alwar district of Rajasthan. At present, 7 fire brigades have arrived from Rajasthan and Haryana and are working to extinguish the fire.

The fire broke out in a large wooden warehouse on Wednesday night in the Ghatal village of  Bhiwadi in Alwar district

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Published : May 16, 2019, 5:18 PM IST

Alwar: A wooden warehouse gutted down in the fire when a sudden fire took place at around 1:30 pm on Wednesday Ghatal village of Bhiwadi. The fire was so fierce that the flames were seen far and wide in a three-kilometre area. During this, sparks of the fire spread around the surrounding area and took several other wooden warehouses in its grip.

It is to be noted that over seven hours have passed since the fire broke out, but the situation is yet to come under control. At present, 7 fire engines are engaged to extinguish the fire of Haryana and Rajasthan. It's been said that a loss of more than fifty lakhs has occurred due to this.

The fire broke out in a large wooden warehouse on Wednesday night in the Ghatal village of Bhiwadi in Alwar district

After some time the fire became so fierce that it took other wood warehouses also in its grip. On receiving the information, Police and administration officials arrived at the spot to take stock of the situation. Looking at the fierce fire, urgent vehicles from Alwar Neemrana, Rewari and Haryana were called on the spot, who have been trying to extinguish the fire for about 7 hours continuously. But so far the fire could not be controlled.

Due to the fire, the surrounding area has been evacuated.

. There have been at least 10 big incidents of fire in Bhiwadi in the last one month.

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