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Fire blazes through a house at Sangtemla ward in Mokokchung on Sep.16.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Mokokchung, Sep. 17 (EMN): More than seven houses were razed in separate fire incidents on Sunday night and Monday evening in Mokokchung town.
On Sunday night, Sep. 16, a major fire completely razed seven houses at Sangtemla ward just above Supong Hall, commonly the Eastern Hall.
Mokokchung Fire division’s 2nd OC SI Thungathung T Shitiri reported that the news about the fire was received around 7:20 pm.
He said that two fire engines were pressed into service, and assisted by Home Guard & Civil Defence personnel and colony volunteers to fight the fire, which had already begun spreading to adjoining houses then. It took more than two hours to bring the fire under control, sources infromed.
It took eight trips for the fire engines to bring water from the station to douse the fire, an official said. Eyewitness said that the fire started from a police quarter, possibly caused by an LPG cylinder bursting, before the blaze spread to nearby houses.
Shitiri reported that property worth approximately more than INR 60 lakh was destroyed in the incident. Investigation is on to ascertain the cause of the incident. Firefighters reported that four LPG cylinders ‘exploded’ during the incident.
In another incident on Sunday evening, the BJP Mokokchung unit’s office caretaker’s room was partially destroyed by fire at around 5:26 pm at Arkong ward. Timely intervention from the Fire division prevented the blaze from spreading. The fire may have been caused by a short circuit, an official informed.
On Monday evening at around 6:00 pm, a house was completely razed in another fire at Marepkong ward in Mokokchung. OC SI Thungathung T Shitiri, who was at the spot, informed that the department received information at 6:20 pm.
The colony’s people said that the fire destroyed the house even though volunteers, Home Guard & Civil Defence personnel and firefighters tried to bring it under control. The house belonged to a Mangmetong villager.
Shitiri informed that no one was in the house when the fire broke out. It was speculated that the fire may have been caused by unattended kitchen fire. Approximately around INR 40,000 worth of property was destroyed in the fire, available information said.
No loss of life was reported from out of the three fire incidents.
