Helmet factory at Manesar gutted, none injured

GURGAON: A major fire broke out at a helmet manufacturing factory in Sector 8, Manesar, on Tuesday morning. No one was injured in the incident and the fire department officials suspect the fire originated from a short circuit. The fire department received information about the blaze at the factory of Avon Biwheeler Accessories Pvt Ltd around 8.30am. Since Manesar is an industrial area fire incidents are frequent there. A total of nine fire tenders from the fire departments in Gurgaon, Manesar and Maruti were dispatched and the fire was brought under control by 12.30pm. “One-time assistance of Rs 5,000 per cow will be given to organisations which will adopt at least 100 stray cattle,” agriculture minister OP Dhankar said.