Nuts and bolts factory gutted in fire at Doraha

Lovleen Bains

Doraha, November 10

Mitter Fasteners, a nuts and bolts manufacturing factory, was gutted in a major fire late this evening here. The fire could not be completely controlled till the filing of the report.

The loss could not be ascertained at this stage. It is doubted that the material caught fire at the time of loading and unloading of oil. No loss if life has, however, been reported.

As per information, the fire spread and engulfed the entire factory within no time and it could not be extinguished even though fire tenders from Khanna, Doraha and Samrala were used. They were still busy extinguishing the flames at the time of the filling of the report.

The SHO, Doraha, Nachattar Singh, said, “Fire brigade teams from Doraha, Samrala and Khanna are busy extinguishing the fire. The reason for the breaking out of the fire seems to be loading and unloading of oil for machines. The fire brigade teams are having hard time extinguishing the fire as it has spread to the whole factory.”

When questioned about the loss, he said, “It is too difficult to assess the total loss at this stage since the major concern is to douse the flames completely. We can come to know about the actual loss after the fire is extinguished. The labour, however, is safe and sound.”