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Alert staff douse fire at Baina Bhavan

A major fire incident was averted at Ravindra Bhavan Baina after a fire broke out due to a short circuit in the conference hall on Wednesday afternoon.

VASCO

The technicians of Ravindra Bhavan Baina, who were trained by Vasco fire service in firefighting, doused off the fire which was caught to the fiber wool inside the hall.  
Ravindra Bhavan Baina chairman, Shekar Khadapkar said that the incident occurred in the afternoon. “The hall is booked for the next two days and the house keeping staff were getting it ready for the event. While cleaning the hall, they got some smell and on close observation they found that there was a fire due to short circuit. Before the fire could spread to the entire conference room, our technical team doused it off and the fire tender which rushed to the site later cleared the burnt portion,” said Khadapkar.  
When asked what was the estimated loss, Khadapkar said the loss should be about 
Rs 1 lakh.  TGN
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Shop gutted in fire at Canacona

A fire destroyed a makeshift shop storing mattresses and partially damaged the Saraswati temple at Char-Rasta late Wednesday night.

The Goan Network
Published Apr 27, 2017, 4:43 AM IST
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CANACONAAccording to reports, the fire broke out at about 10 pm and quickly spread in the shop storing mattresses, pillows and other material. Sources said some onlookers had heard a blast moments before the flames engulfed the shop.  Due to the fire, the window panes at nearby Saraswati temple also shattered and there were fears that the fire could have spread to the temple. TGN

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