fire dept on its toes as Hyderabad records series of accidents

HYDERABAD: Fire officials received 145 calls between Sunday morning and Monday evening during Diwali. Estimates put property damage at over Rs 2 crore.This Diwali saw fire officials inundated with 145 emergency calls, with damages surpassing Rs 2 crore. The largest incident struck Kukatpally, where a fire obliterated a paper cup facility and warehouses. A suspected electrical fault ignited a blaze in Secunderabad’s wholesale medical mart, and a fire at a Katedan plastic manufacturing unit spread to an adjacent plywood site. Read more