Blaze put out before it could reach firearms in NCC storeroom at college
Blaze put out before it could reach firearms in NCC storeroom at college
About 60 uniforms were destroyed in a fire at the National Cadet Corps (NCC) storeroom in Nowrosjee Wadia College yesterday.
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The fire, the cause of which was said to be a short circuit, was brought under control by the Naidu Hospital fire brigade around 2.30 pm.
The storeroom had recently been shifted to its current location. "Our NCC office and storeroom was earlier in the boy's hostel on the college campus. It was shifted for the renovation of the hostel building," said N M Andar, secretary, Wadia college.
Chief Fire Officer Prashant Ranpise said the fire at the armoury division in Wadia college was the first incident of the kind in the past 25 years.
"I remember only three fire incidents at Fergusson College and one at Wadia college some years ago in the last two decades, and all occurred in the laboratories," he said.
The fire brigade said a short circuit was to blame for the fire.
u00a0"A short circuit caused the fire," said Dattatraya Nagalkar, assistant divisional officer, fire brigade.
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