Six fire tenders from Varachha and Kapodara were rushed to the industrial estate on Monday afternoon
SURAT: A major fire broke out at the powerloom unit located at Ashwani Kumar Road on Monday afternoon. No casualty was reported.
Sources in the fire and emergency department of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said that the fire broke out at about 2.45pm at four-storey Vasundhara industries located on plot number 1-8 at Ashwani Kumar Road. The fire broke out on the ground floor due to short circuit in the electric metre box.
Sources said that about six fire tenders from Varachha and Kapodara were rushed to the industrial estate on Monday afternoon. It took about two hours for the fire tenders to douse the fire.