Major fire at Varanasi hotel, No loss of life
The fire was so severe that it took seven fire brigade vehicles an hour to extinguish it. The cause of the fire is said to be short-circuit. There is a kitchen on the ground floor, a restaurant above it and a rooftop for parties on the top. It also has 27 rooms.
A major fire broke out at a three-star hotel in the religious town of Varanasi late on Tuesday night catching the inmates unawares.
Fortunately there was no loss of life in the fire as the tourists and employees inside managed to run to safety just in time.
According to the police sources, the fire, which gutted a large portion of the hotel, also engulfed the nearby adjacent buildings forcing their inmates to flee also.
The fire was so severe that it took seven fire brigade vehicles an hour to extinguish it. The cause of the fire is said to be short-circuit. There is a kitchen on the ground floor, a restaurant above it and a rooftop for parties on the top. It also has 27 rooms.
At around 3:30 in the night, a spark arose from the corner of the first floor, which turned into fire within a short time. By the time the people present in the hotel came to know about it, the fire had engulfed the fibre and wooden decoration of the exterior from bottom to top. Due to this the fire spread rapidly and reached the topmost part.
The wooden furniture and decorations only added to the leaping flames. After receiving the information, about 20 minutes later, seven vehicles from the Bhelupur and Chetganj fire stations reached the spot. Chief Fire Officer Anand Singh Rajput also came with the team.
According to the hotel staff, the fire started near the AC chamber near the restaurant. The fire broke out due to a short circuit in the AC chamber. The fire spread rapidly until the employees understood anything. The employees and the people present there did not understand anything and all ran outside to save their lives.
A woman in a neighbouring house jumped from the first floor in panic. There were 13 gas cylinders in the room adjacent to the kitchen of the hotel, and the residents of the colony promptly removed them.
