A massive fire broke out in a five-storey building in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday evening. After the fire, the entire building was filled with smoke, due to which about 15 to 25 people, including women and children, were trapped inside. The incident took place at Bagadiya Tower located in the old Kotwali police station area of the city. As soon as the information was received, police, fire brigade and administration teams reached the spot. At present, all the people have been evacuated safely and efforts are on to completely control the fire.
According to reports, six fire brigade vehicles were deployed to extinguish the fire and rescue people safely. There was chaos in the area after the incident. Collector Roshan Kumar Singh and SP Pradeep Sharma also reached the spot and supervised the relief work.
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How did the fire start?
According to initial information, the fire broke out in a medical store located below the building. After this, the smoke from the fire reached the upper floors through the ventilation chamber. Within no time the entire building was filled with smoke. Due to smoke, people were not able to find a way out. Many people started having trouble breathing. According to officials, the real cause of the fire has not been known. At present, firefighters were busy controlling the fire and evacuating the people trapped in the building.
Reached the fifth floor by crane
People were not able to come down due to smoke filling the upper floors. Many women were not in a position to descend the stairs. In such a situation, the help of Municipal Corporation crane was taken. Two rescue workers reached the top using a crane and started taking the people trapped there to a safe place. Meanwhile, the cancer patient trapped on the fifth floor was also taken out.
What did people say?
Meanwhile, Poonam Chaurasia and her son present in flat number 304 on the third floor also got trapped. Poonam told that she was sleeping in the flat. When I suddenly woke up, I saw a lot of smoke outside and near the lift. The smoke was so much that breathing was becoming difficult. Five people were present with him in the flat. When the exit was closed, she panicked and called her husband and informed him about the incident. After this, the rescue team reached the spot and rescued all the five people and first took them to the roof of the building. After about two hours of struggle he was brought down.
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A program was going on in the building
At that time, a program of Garuda Purana was also going on on the third floor of the building. Eyewitness Prahlad Sharma, who came to attend it, said that after the fire, an atmosphere of fear was created among the people present there. He was successful in coming down with the help of the long ladder installed by the fire brigade, but some women present there were not able to come down with the help of the ladder. Local people also helped the relief teams during the rescue operation. The administration paid special attention to the safe evacuation of children, women and the elderly. As soon as information about this incident was received, administration teams reached the spot.