Ahmedabad: 40% fewer fire calls than 2023 during 5 days of Diwali festivities

The AFES received 80 calls betwixt October 31 and November 1, 50 calls betwixt November 1 and 2, 34 calls betwixt November 2 and 3, 14 calls betwixt November 3 and 4, and 11 calls betwixt November 4 and 5. The maximum fig of calls, astatine 65, were from the occidental zone, followed by 41 calls from the eastbound zone, 29 from the southbound zone, 28 from cardinal zone, and 26 from northbound zone.

The largest occurrence successful Ahmedabad was reported astatine the Mirzapur kabaadi (scrap) marketplace wherever 30 of the 50 shops went up successful flames, allegedly owed to firecrackers falling into the premises. The incidental took spot astir 1.30am connected November 1. More than 21 firefighting vehicles and 80 firefighters were pressed into the cognition that continued till 5am.

Ahmedabad in-charge Chief Fire Officer Jayesh Khadia said, “There were less occurrence calls during Diwali this year. However, determination were astir 8 large calls successful which much than 5 firefighting vehicles had to beryllium deployed. All of these calls were astatine godowns oregon warehouses. There were nary casualties successful these incidents.”

Surat

According to Surat occurrence section sources, connected October 30, 22 calls were received, followed by 57 calls connected October 31, 61 calls connected November 1, and 31 calls connected November 2. Chief Fire Officer Basant Pareek said, “The calls were related to offices, closed houses, industries, shops etc., but neither was immoderate casualty reported nor immoderate injuries. Our teams attended each the calls successful a abbreviated clip and controlled the flames.”
Vadodara

Six tenders of the Vadodara Fire and Emergency Services (VFES) were rushed to Gotri connected Monday evening aft a occurrence broke retired successful a heap of tyres successful the locality and engulfed the wares of a shop. The incidental occurred conscionable earlier midnight astatine the Vasna-Gotri roadworthy tyre store.

However, owed to the fearfulness that the occurrence had dispersed to a warehouse adjacent by, occurrence engines from Vadiwadi and GIDC stations, too Vasna occurrence station, were besides rushed to the spot. The teams of the occurrence section took 2 hours to douse the flames.

Officials of the occurrence section said that the origin of the occurrence was yet to beryllium ascertained. In-charge Chief Fire Officer Nikunj Azad told The Indian Express that a full of 52 occurrence calls were received during Diwali.

“None of the calls were of large fire. At Gotri too, we sent six tenders arsenic we had received accusation that it was a tyre warehouse that had caught occurrence but connected reaching the spot, we lone recovered a heap of tyres astatine the backmost of a shop, and it was taken attraction of,” Azad said.