John Wilbert and Savita Kumari
Port Blair, May 17: Today at around 01:25 PM a fire incident was reported in Swaraj Dweep Fire Station from some shops at Govind Nagar, No. 2 area, opposite to power house. Immediately one Fire Tender and one Water Bowser reached the spot and controlled the fire.
As per report the fire broke out due to short-circuit in main meter Box of the shops.
One 2-wheeler spare parts and repair shop is completely gutted while a saloon also suffered heavy damages in the fire accident. However, a restaurant and a 2-wheeler rent shop were saved by fire fighters.
As per public, the team of firefighters, consisting of 6 firemen, one police constable and one head constable, two drivers and one Sub Inspector, under the leadership of Inspector Jagdish Varma, brought fire under total control within minutes.
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