OLD GOA
A large mango tree fell on a toilet and destroyed the structure at Sinari Bhat-Pilar on Thursday.
According to sources, the mango tree came crashing down on the toilet belonging to Kishor Naik. Luckily, there was nobody inside the toilet at the time of the incident.
The impact of the tree fall was such that even the septic tank was severely damaged. A nearby hut was also damaged in the incident.
The Old Goa fire services were informed of the incident in the afternoon with duty officer Amit Rivonkar rushing to the site along with his team consisting of driver operator Ramesh Virdikar, firefighters Mahesh Divkar, Paresh Gawas, Hanuman Malik and Pritam Kalangutkar.
The fire personnel immediately began the operation of clearing the tree and it took them 7 hours and 45 minutes to clear the debris.
The loss suffered by the Naik family was estimated at over Rs 50,000.
