Major Fire in Diglipur Guts Six Rooms, Highlights Urgent Need for Local Fire Hydrants

Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, Aug 08: Yet another fire accident occurred within a month in Diglipur.
As per report, a major fire broke out in rented houses behind the Old Fish Market, Subashgram, under Diglipur Tehsil. Six rooms made of bamboo chattai and GI sheet as roof were completely gutted while one RCC room attached to these six rooms was seriously affected by the fire. Out of six roms, 04 rooms were unoccupied and 02 rooms were on rent. Mr. Tapas Biswas, S/o Mr. Tapan Biswas, R/o Subhashgram is stated to be the owner of the rooms/house gutted. However, no casualties were reported.
Primarily, the cause of the fire is attributed to a short circuit, but it is too early to say anything about the reason for the fire accident and its actual cause is awaited.
The fire broke out at around 10:00 am and the Fire Brigade’s prompt action brought the fire under control soon. Local residents extended their helping hands to Fire Brigade staff and assisted to douse the conflagration within a short span of time. However, the Fire tender found it difficult to fill its tank with water from a hydrant existing at Sri Sri Shani Mandir which is quite a distant place from the fire accident.
Remarkably, Andaman Sheekha Daily published a news article recently on the necessity of setting up fire hydrants at the desired locations in Diglipur Bazaar area including one near Subhashgram Fish Market, as the issue was raised by the Diglipur Merchant Association. A fire hydrant near Subhashgram Fish Market would have been a major advantage in dousing today’s fire, people opined.