A major fire broke out in the godown of Keshav soap factory

A major fire broke out in the godown of Keshav soap factory A major fire broke out in the godown of Keshav soap factory at Hussainpura threatened village near Jalandhar bypass at around 4 pm on Wednesday. The blaze broke out when the workers were heating drums filled with oil used in the preparation of soap. The fire tenders fought for more than three hours to control the blaze.

Sources in the fire brigade said the labourers at the site had set the drums filled with chemicals on fire to boil its contents and cull these. But suddenly, the fire spread to the stored heaps of dry wood. It engulfed the entire godown but luckily, no injury was reported. It also spread to the adjoining tyre factory.

Police personnel reached the spot. Preliminary investigating laid the onus on threatened the negligence of labourers in the godown. The cops would submit the report to the department concerned.