A massive fire broke out at a plastic waste godown in Hyderabad's Ansari road on Saturday. The Falaknuma police said that seven fire tenders rushed to the sport and no casualties were reported.
While stating that 90 per cent of the fire broke out has been doused, the Falaknuma ACP Shaik Jahangir said, "Massive fire broke out at a plastic waste godown at Ansari road in Kalapathar PS limits. The cause of the fire is unknown & under investigation. Around 7 fire tenders reached the spot. Almost 90% of fire is extinguished. No casualties reported."
Earlier on Thursday, Six people, including four women died of asphyxiation following a major fire in a multi-storey commercial complex in Secunderabad, officials said as per a PTI report.
The six people were found in an unconscious condition by firemen on Thursday in an office room on the fifth floor which was completely filled with smoke, in the ‘Swapnalok Complex’ building and were rushed to a state-run hospital, they said. All six were declared brought dead by doctors at the hospital.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao expressed grief over the deaths and announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the kin of each deceased.
Telangana State Disaster Response and Fire Services Director General Y Nagi Reddy, who inspected the spot told reporters on Friday that fire broke out in the building at 19:20 hours on Thursday and a fire call was received by Fire Control Room at 19:31 hours following which fire tenders rushed to the area.
Fire and Rescue personnel said the door leading to the external staircase in the building, which houses several private offices, garments and electronic shops, was found locked with unused articles dumped there and firefighters broke it for rescue and fire fighting.
The building was 32 meters tall, with a cellar plus ground and eight upper floors. Rescue teams with the help of specialised ladder rescued inmates from the office and teams scoured all the floors for evacuation of those trapped.
According to officials, initially, five people were rescued from the fifth floor, and later five more from the terrace of the building and two more persons from the fourth floor.
The firemen found six people in an unconscious state in a room of one of the offices and brought them down, but they died of asphyxiation.
The deceased were aged between 22 and 23 and belonged to Warangal, Mahabubabad and Khammam districts of Telangana. They were employed in an e-commerce firm, a marketing company that had offices in the complex, they said.
Major damage was reported on the fifth floor of the building while a few offices located on the seventh floor were also damaged.