Old Goa firefighters extinguishing the fire that engulfed the banyan tree at Old Goa on Saturday afternoon.
OLD GOA
The Old Goa fire services were kept on their toes as two fire mishaps were reported in Old Goa on Saturday.
According to sources at the Old Goa fire station, a large banyan tree had caught fire in a private property near St Xavier’s Academy sometime before 2.55 pm.
A fire tender rushed to the site and the firemen began the firefighting exercise. After extinguishing the fire, the firefighters went back to the station but very soon had to return to the site as the fire re-ignited.
It was only at around 7.15 pm that the fire was finally brought under control.
As soon as the firefighting operation got over, the firefighters rushed to extinguish fire on dry vegetation near the Healthway hospital, before it could spread to a wider area.
Firefighters Bablo Majik, Bhiva Gawas, Shivanand Gawade and driver operator Sarvesh Pethkar participated in the firefighting operations under the leadership of duty officer Amit Rivonkar.
