Shop catches fire

DH News Service, Bangalore:
Two fire mishaps have been reported in the City since Friday. A spare parts shop - MG Motors on Cock Burn Road was gutted in a fire, on Friday evening. According to police, a few people who noticed thick smoke inside the locked shop informed the police. Fire force personnel rushed to the spot. Six fire tenders and 40 firemen took nearly an hour to put out the fire. The entire area was plunged into darkness due to power failure, following the mishap. Electric short circuit is said to be the reason, police said. The loss in the mishap is yet to be estimated. Meanwhile, in another incident, fire broke open in a old garage on 9th Cross at Cubbonpet and nearly 11 fire tenders battled the flames for more than four hours on Friday morning. Ulsoor Gate police said, around 9 am, passersby noticed thick flames coming out of the old garage and alerted the Fire Force. Short circuit is said to be reason and the loss is estimated around Rs 5 lakh.

Three major fire incidents in the city Crime Notes

Staff Reporter
Bangalore: The personnel of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services had a busy Friday putting out three major fires in Ulsoor Gate, Bamboo Bazaar and on Outer Ring Road which materials worth several lakhs were destroyed.All the three fires were caused by combustible material, and it took a while for the fire brigade officials to douse the fires. Scrap material worth Rs. 1 lakh, belonging to scrap dealer S.V. Lokesh, were destroyed in a godown on Cubbonpet Main Road. Eight fire tenders put out the fire though local people alleged that the fire personnel took 45 minutes to reach the spot. Later in the evening, around 5.50 p.m., a fire broke out at M.G. Motors on Cockburn Road in Bamboo Bazaar. A lorry, which was carrying sponge, was destroyed on Outer Ring Road near Hennur Cross on Friday night around 8.20, which entailed the deployment of one fire tender.

Fire at Clothes Shop

From Sanjvani dated 12-02-2009

Tanker Accident

From Sanjevani dated 12-02-2009

Rescue at Tumkur road Dasarahalli.

Mock drill

BANGALORE: The NCC and NSS unit of Kristu Jayanti College, in collaboration with the Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services Department and Home Guards and Civil Defence hosted a mock drill on disaster management for students, staff and residents of K. Narayanapura, on the college premises on Monday.

Fire averted

KOLAR: Alert public averted a major fire accident in Kolar on Sunday. Residents of Palasndra Layout in Gulpet police station limits saw smoke near Sri Krishna Tyres and alerted the Fire and Emergency Services. The fire tender personnel immediately rushed to the spot and extinguished the fire which caught the waste tyres dumped behind the factory.