Fire damages SSLC Hindi answer scripts

EFFORT GONE WASTE:Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj (centre) inspecting the burnt answer scripts of SSLC examination in Shimoga on Thursday.

Shimoga: Nearly 3,000 Hindi language answer scripts of SSLC examinations stored at Basaveshwara Education Society premises in the city were gutted on Thursday. Of the 100 bundles of answer scripts of Mysore district stored at the building, 10 bundles were damaged in the fire. Fire tenders, which were pressed into service immediately, managed to contain the damage. Deputy Director of Public Instruction Paramashivappa has said that the paper bundles in the building caught fire because of an electric short circuit. It is said that welding work had been taken up as part of the renovating of building in the evening, and a spark from this is suspected to have caused the fire. Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj said a complaint had been lodged with the police about the incident. The remaining bundles of answer scripts were shifted to a safe place.

The spot would be inspected by Controller of Examination, he added.

Police personnel, who were guarding the building, had noticed smoke billowing from the room at 7 p.m. Officials of the Department of Public Instruction were immediately informed and fire brigade alerted. Over 5,000 answer scripts of the examination conducted by Kuvempu University for undergraduate course stored at a private college in the city caught fire in 2009.

Shimoga: Body of Missing Peon Found from Falls Water

Shimoga, Apr 13: The children studying in a school in Agumbe town in Teerthahalli taluk were on an excursion to Jogigundi Falls within Agumbe police station limits on Sunday April 10. At that time, the school peon, Nagaraj (28), had gone missing, and a report thereof had been filed with the police station. No one had at that time, suspected that he would have drowned in the standing water at the falls, although many had seen him taking bath there. The policemen sought the help of fire brigade to scout for Nagaraj’s body in the water, and succeeded in their efforts on Tuesday April 12, in fishing it out from the falls. It is now felt that Nagaraj would have slipped and drowned while taking bath. Nagaraj was a native of Agumbe. A case has about the accidental death has been registered in Agumbe police station.

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Plywood roof feeds mezzanine fire

CLOSE CALL:Fire personnel douse the blaze at Shantharam Centre in Shanthinagar in Bangalore on Tuesday.

BANGALORE: A fire broke out in the mezzanine floor of a three-storey building under construction near the hockey stadium at Shantinagar here on Tuesday owing to the alleged negligence of the owner. The owner was trying to build a false roof using plywood on the mezzanine, which provided perfect fuel to the blaze. While nobody was injured, property estimated to be worth several lakh rupees was lost. Fire-fighters, who doused the conflagration within the hour, conceded that a slight delay could have allowed it to spread to the nearby building, which has several residential apartments. The cause is suspected to be an electrical short-circuit, according to K.U. Ramesh, Chief Fire Officer (Bangalore East), who oversaw the operation. He said the building's owner had secured a temporary electrical connection from a nearby power line. The entire construction activity, including welding and sawing, was being powered by this electrical line, putting the power source under tremendous pressure. “To make matters worse, all the safety measures were missing,” Mr. Ramesh said, pointing out that the building did not even have enough setback area to allow entry of fire engines. This forced the fire tenders to park their vehicles on the main road running through Shantinagar that connects Hosur Road and Lalbagh double Road. Asked if the building had a No Objection Certificate from the fire department, Mr. Ramesh said that it was not necessary as it was not a high-rise.

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