Offices damaged in blaze at commercial building in Ahmedabad, no casualty

“We received a call about the fire around 4.30 am. The actual time when the fire broke out has not been ascertained yet. When the first fire fighting teams reached the spot it had already spread to the ninth and tenth floors,” in-charge chief fire officer Jayesh Khadia told The Indian Express.

Fire brigade teams from Prahladnagar and Thaltej fire stations were dispatched immediately after receiving the call, said the officials.

A total of 28 fire tenders and other firefighting vehicles from multiple Chandkheda, Sabarmati and Maninagar, were used to control the blaze, said the officials.

It took nearly three hours for the fire brigade to bring the fire under control. However, three floors-ninth, tenth and eleventh floors-were completely destroyed, said another official. “Being early hours and a commercial building, it was not occupied by people. So no casualty was reported,” Khadia confirmed. The blaze, Khadia said, is suspected to have been caused due to a short circuit, however, the FSL team has collected the samples and a probe is on to detect how the blaze started.