A private security guard near airport called
fire tenders
Every minute counts in case of fire accidents.
However, investigations into the Monday’s fire accident in the Begumpet airport
hangar, reveals that 20 precious minutes were lost before fire-fighters
arrived.
A guard on duty at the Begumpet Air Force
Station had noticed the fire at around 11.15 p.m. Sources, however, pointed out
that the crash fire tenders from fire station inside the airport arrived only
after 11.35 p.m. In the interregnum, six trainer aircraft and the chopper were
gutted.
Sources said the crash fire tenders arrived
after being alerted by a private security guard near the airport premises and
not by the on-duty civil guard posted by the Aviation Academy or the two
policemen guarding the government chopper.
Investigation
“Why the policemen and guard inside the hangar
delayed in making the fire call will be investigated,” a police official on
condition of anonymity said. Authorities said that the fire control room
received a call from a night duty Sub-Inspector from the police control room at
11.35 p.m.
A fire tender from the Secunderabad station
started at 11.36 p.m. and another multipurpose tender was dispatched at 11.40
p.m. when it was realised that the intensity of fire was high.
Later, ten more vehicles from different fire
stations were rushed, said Assistant District Fire Officer Y. Prabhakar Reddy.
Fire tenders of the Air Force Station, Hakeempet too assisted in dousing the
flames.
· Crash fire tenders arrived after
being alerted by a private security guard near the airport premises, say
sources
· ‘Reasons for delay in making a
fire call by policemen and guard inside the hangar will be investigated’
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