Ludhiana factory fire doused after 22 hours

LUDHIANA: The fire department remained on its toes for more than 22 hours after a fire broke out at a hosiery unit, Vallabh Hosiery, in Mahavir Jain Colony of Sundar Nagar on Monday evening.

The fire broke out at around 6.30pm on Monday and the firefighting operation continued till 5pm on Tuesday.

Ten fire tenders and around 40 firefighters were deputed at the spot. No casualty was reported, but goods and machinery worth lakhs were completely gutted.

The firefighters said that a lot of cotton and polyester were stocked in the building that had a single entry due to which they had trouble dousing the flames.

The hosiery unit was situated in a narrow street and water was also not available in the nearby areas, so the tenders had to be refilled from Sundar Nagar fire station and King Palace. The fire tenders were refilled nearly 150 times during the operation.