27 January 2011

Fire destroys five shops



Gutted:Uttara Kannada in-charge Minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri at the market where shops were destroyed in fire in Karwar on Wednesday.

Karwar: Five shops were destroyed in fire at the vegetable market here on Wednesday. The reason for the fire is not known. According to shopkeepers, the fire broke out at 2.30 a.m. The market is adjacent to the rural police station and some policemen extinguished the fire with the help of fire force personnel. The loss has been estimated at Rs. 65,000. District in-charge Minister Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri visited the spot. The Minister directed the revenue authorities to assess the loss and distribute compensation to the shopkeepers.

12 January 2011

Beltangady: Youth Drowns in Rivulet

Beltangady, Jan 10: On Sunday January 9, a youth drowned in Mrityunjaya rivulet at Balyarkapu in Mundaje in the taluk. He has been identified as Prashant (22) from Ujire. Prashant, an auto rickshaw driver by profession, had ventured into the said rivulet along with a few friends, for taking bath. While taking bath, he suddenly disappeared. After local divers and personnel of the fire brigade came on the spot and undertook an extensive search operation, his body could be recovered.

10 January 2011

Fire in Girias showroom again



Destroyed:The generator and stored kerosene intensified the fire at Girias showroom in Bangalore on Friday.
Bangalore: Electronic goods and furniture worth lakhs of rupees were gutted in a fire that broke out at Girias, one of the leading multi-brand showrooms of the city, here on Friday.Though the exact reason of the fire could not be established, electrical short circuit is being considered as the possible reason. The fire disrupted traffic on the busy Mysore Road for a while.
23 fire tenders
K.U. Ramesh, Chief Fire Officer (East Zone), Fire and Emergency Services Department, said 23 fire tenders laboured to douse the blaze. “It was a major fire and we took four hours to control it. There were no casualties.” According to him, the fire started at the godown around 11.45 a.m. and the flames engulfed the shop in no time. Fire Services Department sources said the generator as well as stored kerosene intensified the fire. The showroom was packed with hundreds of electronic goods, which made it difficult for the firemen to demolish a wall to gain proper access, the Byatarayanapura police said. When contacted by The Hindu, the shop's supervisor, Srinivas, refused to comment.
Second fire here
This is the second major fire mishap in Girias in the city in the last one month. Several lakh worth goods was destroyed in a conflagration in its Brigade Road showroom on December 12.