MAPUSA
Goods worth Rs 5 lakh were destroyed in a major fire at a winding motor factory in Karaswada-Mapusa on Wednesday morning.
However, no person was hurt in the mishap, fire officials informed.
The factory workers initially tried to douse the fire with emergency fire extinguishers but later alerted the Mapusa fire station at around 7.40 am.
It took over one hour to douse the fire, but by then goods including winding motors and electrical appliances worth over Rs 5 lakh were gutted.
According to the Mapusa fire station in-charge Bosco Ferrao, the cause of the fire is suspected to be a short circuit.
“We have estimated the loss of around Rs 5 lakh. Although we suspect the cause of the fire to be a short circuit, I will write to the power department asking them to ascertain the exact cause of the fire,” Ferrao said.
A team of fire officials led by Mapusa Fire Station in-charge Bosco Ferro along with sub-officer Premanand Kambli, leading firefighter Salim Sheikh and firefighters Prakash Ghadi, Yogesh Amonkar, Pravin Pisurlekar, Sudhir Halarnkar and Arjun Dhavaskar were involved in extinguishing the fire.
