Jaipur: A major fire broke out inside an electric-scooter workshop on Wednesday afternoon in Sudarshanpura industrial area near 22 Godam.
Items worth Rs 50 lakh were gutted in the fire, a senior fire official said.
As per fire officer, Rajendra Nagar, the blaze started around 12.50pm and a team of 40 firefighters and 20 fire tenders were pressed into the service to contain the flames which were towering above.
Nagar said that the electric scooters were assembled at the workshop before being sent to the distributors. The team of the fire department made their way through enveloping thick smoke and managed to save around 120 vehicles that were kept inside the burning workshop.
A thick plume of black smoke had engulfed the entire area where over a dozen medium and small workshops and factories are located.
The blaze posed a major risk of sweeping through adjacent factories, however, Nagar said that his team had quickly managed to contain the flames before it could trigger a major mishap.
“We used all fire tenders at our disposable and controlled the fire before it could sweep through other places,” Nagar said.
The exact reasons which triggered the fire are yet to be determined, however, the officers have not ruled out the possibility of some electric malfunction leading to the fire.
The factory owners have estimated a total loss of about Rs 50 lakh, the fire department, however, said that many of the eclectic scooters were saved following a timely action.
The incident sparked a wave of panic in the locality where several workers were evacuated from nearby units and many people gathered on the main street. Police had to disperse the crowd so that fire tenders could rush in on time.
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