Fire Erupts In Cement Factory Khanpur

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 23, 2016 | 09:50 PM

HARIPUR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Sep, 2016 ) : A massive fire broke out Friday at a cement factory (Fecto cement) in Suraj Gali Khanpur. There no injuries or people trapping in the blaze at the Fecto cement were reported yet.

According to the rescue and police sources, the fire broke out in the factory owing to electricity short circuit which immediately covered a vast area of the factory and ablazed it.

Initially fire brigades of TMA Haripur arrived at the scene and tried to extinguish the fire but the fire was out of control therefore, factory management called three different fire brigades including TMA Taxila.

After 5 hours of struggle fire brigades successfully extinguished the fire but till then millions of rupees building and material has been damaged. Fortunately no casualties were reported as the fire teams managed to evacuate all the laborers inside the factory building successfully.