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‘ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್’ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಸಮುಚ್ಛಯದ ಅಡುಗೆ ಕೊಠಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಕಿ

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು: ನಗರದ ಮೆಯೊ ಹಾಲ್ ಸಮೀಪದ ‘ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸೆಂಟ್ರಲ್’ ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ ಸಮುಚ್ಚಯ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಮೇಲ್ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದ ಅಡುಗೆ ಕೊಠಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಂಗಳವಾರ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಅಗ್ನಿ ಅನಾಹುತ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಲಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ರೂಪಾಯಿ ಮೌಲ್ಯದ ವಸ್ತುಗಳು ಸುಟ್ಟು ಭಸ್ಮವಾದವು.ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಕೊನೆಯ ಅಂತಸ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅಡುಗೆ ಕೋಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಾತ್ರಿ 6.30ರ ಸುಮಾರಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹೊತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಆತಂಕಗೊಂಡ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಪ್ರಾಣ ಭಯದಿಂದ ಓಡಲಾರಂಭಿಸಿ, ನೂಕು ನುಗ್ಗಲು ಉಂಟಾಗಿ ಹಲವರು ಗಾಯಗೊಂಡರು. ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ ಸಮುಚ್ಚಯದ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ಬಾಗಿಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಮುಚ್ಚಿದರಿಂದ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರು ಮತ್ತಷ್ಟು ಆತಂಕಕ್ಕೀಡಾದರು. ಕ್ಷಣ ಮಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡದ ತುಂಬಾ ದಟ್ಟ ಹೊಗೆ ಆವರಿಸಿದ್ದರಿಂದ ಗ್ರಾಹಕರಿಗೆ ಉಸಿರಾಡಲು ತೊಂದರೆಯಾಯಿತು. ಅಗ್ನಿಶಾಮಕ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿ ಆರು ವಾಹನಗಳಲ್ಲಿಬಂದು ಬೆಂಕಿ ನಂದಿಸಿ ಒಳಗಿದ್ದವರನ್ನು ಸುರಕ್ಷಿತವಾಗಿ ಹೊರಗೆ ಕರೆತಂದರು. ‘ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಶಾರ್ಟ್ ಸರ್ಕಿಟ್ ಅಥವಾ ಅಡುಗೆ ಕೊಠಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉರಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಸ್ಟೌಗಳಿಂದ ಬೆಂಕಿ ಹೊತ್ತಿಕೊಂಡಿರುವ ಸಾಧ್ಯತೆ ಇದೆ. ಅಗ್ನಿ ಅನಾಹುತದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಭವಿಸಿರುವ ನಷ್ಟದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಿಖರ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗಿಲ್ಲ’ ಎಂದು ಅಗ್ನಿಶಾಮಕ ಮತ್ತು ತುರ್ತುಸೇವೆ ಇಲಾಖೆ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಬಿ.ಜಿ.ಚಂಗಪ್ಪ ಮಾಹಿತಿ ನೀಡಿದರು.ಕಾನೂನು ಬಾಹಿರ:ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ ನಡೆಸಿ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮ ಪ್ರತಿನಿಧಿಗಳ ಜತೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ಅಗ್ನಿಶಾಮಕ ಮತ್ತು ತುರ್ತುಸೇವೆ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ಐಜಿಪಿ ಪಿ.ಎಸ್.ಸಂದು ಅವರು ‘ಕಾನೂನು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸಿ ಆರನೇ ಅಂತಸ್ತಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅನಧಿಕೃತವಾಗಿ ಅಡುಗೆ ಕೊಠಡಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ’ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಿದರು.

Fire in the mall

A fire on the sixth floor of the Bangalore Central Mall, off MG Road, was put off in the nick of the time by the Fire Force personnel on Tuesday evening, averting major mishap.

No one was injured, but the scene could have been tragic had the firemen not noticed the blaze from the fire station, which is diagonally opposite to the mall. The fire had broken out in the mall employees’ cafeteria-cum-storage space on the sixth floor. A short circuit had triggered the fire at around 6.45 pm. According to a fire personnel who was a part of the team to extinguish the fire, one of the personnel on duty had first noticed the rising flames. The Fire and Emergency Services immediately called the mall, which did not elicit a response. Six fire tenders were already rushed to the spot, by the time the mall staff informed the Fire Station. The fire personnel struggled for an hour to put off the fire. Within minutes, panicked customers rushed out and the mall was totally deserted. The sixth floor also housed the air condition control and exhaust fans. Charred remains on the floor and dripping soot told a story of extensive damage. The staircase to the top floor was cluttered with heaps of damaged material. All establishments in the mall, including a usually crowded pub and a restaurant were vacated. No information was made available about the extent of loss.

Three farmers rescued in Bijapur

MAROONED: Fire and Emergency Services personnel and Home Guards rescuing farmers from the Doni river at Sangapur village in Bijapur on Wednesday.

Bijapur: After six hours of rescue operations, the district administration, the Fire and Emergency Services personnel and the Home Guards were successful in saving three farmers, who were stuck in the flood waters of the Doni river at Sangapur village in Bijapur taluk on Wednesday. According to eye witnesses, Umesh Kastureppa Kasturi, Adiveppa Kasturi and Golappa Ningappa Hirekurubar went to their farm on the banks of Doni early on Wednesday. Around 7 a.m., the Doni waters entered the fields in the surrounding areas giving them no chance to escape. Sensing trouble, the farmers climbed a nearby tree and informed their family members and friends about their condition through their mobile phone. The villagers informed a nearby police station about the incident and by 10 a.m., a team of Home Guards, Fire and Emergency personnel, police officers and doctors rushed to the spot under the leadership of Assistant Commissioner Y.S. Patil. The Home Guards and the Fire and Emergency Services personnel had a tough time in crossing the river as the water was flowing very fast. However, they managed to reach the other end of the river with a rope where the farmers were sitting on the tree. The farmers were brought to safety one by one with the help of the supporting rope. By 3.30 p.m., the farmers were brought to safe places and first aid was provided to them on the spot. The doctors examined all three persons. Mr. Patil told The Hindu that the people of the villages residing on the banks of the Doni had been told to move to safe places at Sangapur village as the situation may further worsen if the rainfall continued. Crops worth crores of rupees had been washed away in the floods and water had already entered some houses on the banks of the river, he added.