Saket Lal & Angshuman Roy
Port Blair, Jan 04: Room number 206 of Hotel Dhanalaxmi was completely destroyed by fire today at 3:05 pm. According to sources, the fire was caused due to the sort-circuit in the Air Conditioner.
As per reports, the occupants locked the room and left for Baratang Island without shutting down the AC of the room, which resulted in the fire.
On information a team of Fire Brigade reached the spot to control the fire but there were a lot of difficulties for the fire fighters to get inside the room. It took nearly 40mins for them to control the fire.
The Fire Fighters demonstrated tremendous courage by entering the room from balcony and breaking the door to douse the fire. One fire tender was used in this operation. Fire team was led by Inspector S. S. Khan. No one suffered any injuries in the accident. By controlling this fire on time the Fire Service Jawans have actually averted a major fire accident at the heart of city. (Written by Sarthak Kajilal)
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