Attibele tragedy | ‘It was a Herculean task to even gain access to the cracker godown which was on fire’
The HinduOver 150 firefighters battled the raging blaze at the cracker godown at Attibele for over 15 hours and recovered all the bodies that lay severely charred and some buried under the debris on Saturday. It was only after a fire tender rushed to the spot, delayed by heavy Saturday traffic on Hosur Road, that the personnel realised that it was a firecracker godown of over 6,000 sq. But even after the fire outside was put out in two hours, reaching the badly constructed godown was a Herculean task. Finally, Fire Services personnel brought an excavator and broke open the roof and unscientifically constructed partitions within the godown to gain access, Shivashankar, Director, Fire and Emergency Services, said. A team led by Yunus Kousar, Deputy Director, Fire and Emergency Services, recovered 12 bodies by 10 p.m. Two other bodies buried under the debris were recovered in the small hours of Saturday night.
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