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Karkala: Fire breaks out at candle unit of Attur Basilica, goods worth lacs gutted

  •   Thu, Mar 23 2023 08:27:51 AM

Daijiworld Media Network – Karkala (JD/SS)

Karkala, Mar 23: Fire broke out at the candle factory of the St Lawrence Basilica Attur on Wednesday, March 22, by accident causing losses worth lacs of rupees.

According to information available, the employees of the candle making unit had left the place after finishing their work for lunch when this accident occurred. The entire unit was completely gutted in the incident and the candles which had been made were also burnt to ashes.

On hearing about the fire incident, fire tenders from Karkala rushed to the spot and were successful in dousing the fire.

Goods worth lacs of rupees were destroyed in the fire. However, no casualties were reported in the accident.

Two fire tenders who were operational put out the fire in about three hours.

Fire fighting force officer of the Karkala unit Albert Monis and fire fighting staff Uday Kumar Hegde, Achyuth Karkera, Jaya Moolya, Mohammed Rafiq, Keshav, Sujay, Umesh, Basavaraj, Ravichandra, Vinayak, Sanjay and Mujamil took up in the operation.

 

 

 
  

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  • Ben D'Souza Prabhu, Mangalore, Bombay Bandra now in Canada

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    It is a Very Sad thing to happen ! Let us be careful in the near future and avoid such Mishaps ! Praise the Lord ! and also be Thankful to our Patron St Lawrence of that Very Place where we go and Commorate our Gratitude !!!

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  • Rita, Germany

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    Its burning from above.Hot sun makes easy to burn everything.Who knows someone smoked and threw cigarette or beedi ,and caught fire immediately and everything was gutted?Or any one who helped it?God knows St Lawrence helped not to come for further loss or humans.and help of fire brigade.

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  • Vivek, Hirebyle / Abu dhabi

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    Need to investigate this incident by CBI, anything can happen now a days.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    So many fires in DK in recent times seems bizarre; could be because of the intense heat, insulation of the wires is melting leading to short circuits, in the absence of a good/reliable circuit breaking system! Rodents too have the habit of chewing away insulation of electric wires! Surprisingly, there is a species of ants which get attracted to 🔌 supply wires and chew off the insulation! The best thing is to use insect repellents to keep these deadly ants at bay! Lastly, it's always advisable to buy a fire and burglary insurance so that in case of an incident, you get compensated and save on substantial losses!!

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  • amith shetty, Mangalore/Qatar

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    Due to summer / hot weather it is easy to catch fire.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    So many fires in DK in recent times seems bizarre; could be because of the intense heat, insulation of the wires is melting leading to short circuits, in the absence of a good/reliable circuit breaking system! Rodents too have the habit of chewing away insulation of electric wires! Surprisingly, there is a species of ants which get attracted to 🔌 supply wires and chew off the insulation! The best thing is to use insect repellents to keep these deadly ants at bay! Lastly, it's always advisable to buy a fire and burglary insurance so that in case of an incident, you get compensated and save on substantial losses!!

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  • prakash, Manipal

    Thu, Mar 23 2023

    Fire accidents are a safety hazard in places where combustible products are stored... A bit of negligence can lead to a mishap... Or even an unforeseen short circuit due to any unknown reason can ignite fire... Lucky that no one is injured... Lessons must be learnt and better preventive measures have to be in place going forward...

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