Moradabad. A fire broke out in Zahid Nagar after the gas pipeline of Torrent Company burst. Seeing the flames, the people around came in panic. On receiving the information, the fire department personnel reached to douse the fire. But the fire did not extinguish after a splash of water. After this, an attempt was made to extinguish the fire by pouring chemicals. The fire was extinguished after about two hours. However, there was no damage due to the fire. Under security, the police had evacuated hundreds of houses.
In front of MH Petrol Pump in Katghar police station area Zahid Nagar Karula, a pipeline of Torrent Gas Company has been laid for the houses of street number one. The fire broke out on Friday at around 3.30 pm after a sudden gas leak on the side of the drain. Seeing the flames, all the shops in the area were closed. After this people came out of the house with the children and stood on the road.
On receiving information, the main firefighters reached the spot along with vehicles and started dousing the fire with water cannons. But the fire did not extinguish after a splash of water. After this, an attempt was made to extinguish the fire by pouring chemicals, but even after this the flames did not stop rising. During this Sambhal road was closed. There was a queue of vehicles on both sides. The local people came out of the house with the children and came on the road.
Leakage closed after digging with JCB
On the spot, SP City Akhilesh Bhadauria, ADM City Alok Kumar Verma, CO Katghar Shailja Mishra, Katghar police station in-charge Manish Saxena reached the spot along with the police force. During this, along with clearing the crowd, the fire department personnel were helped. When the fire was not extinguished by water and chemicals, the excavation of the pipeline was started by bringing JCB on the spot. During this, the employees of the torrent company also reached the spot. After the excavation, the leakage of the pipe was stopped, after which the fire in the pipeline was extinguished. SP City said that there was no damage due to the fire. The company has been asked to report the cause of the fire.
Huge crowd due to stoppage of traffic on both sides
After the gas pipeline burst and fire broke out, people closed their houses and started gathering on the road. There was panic in everyone’s face. When the water was not extinguishing even after the shower, people became more worried. If there was less fire in one place, then strong flames would start coming out from the other place. There was silence in the entire area for about two hours. During this traffic was stopped on both sides of the road. The officers were also worried as there was a petrol pump on the other side of the road. During this, vehicles coming towards Zahid Nagar were diverted from Kohinoor Tirahe, while vehicular traffic was stopped on the over bridge of Sambhal Road.
Panic in the face, silence remained silent
After the fire, thousands of people came out of their homes and stood in the road. Everyone was getting scared of something untoward. The fire was not put out with the resources available with the fire department. After this the excavation of the pipeline was started by bringing JCB. After which the people of the neighborhood felt that a big incident could happen. Those who were present on the roof of the houses, they also came to the open ground after locking the houses after JCB came. After about two hours of hard work, the fire in the gas pipeline was brought under control. After which the local people heaved a sigh of relief.