Massive fire breaks out in Bengaluru factory, 3 buildings gutted

Bengaluru, Nov 10 : A massive fire broke out at an illegal ‘chemical factory,’ on Tuesday, which had reportedly stored around 2000 litres of sanitiser and other highly combustible chemicals in its premises.
Three buildings adjacent to this unit and seven motor bikes including three street light poles were gutted causing estimated loss of properties valued around Rs 3 crore.
At around 11.30 am, residents of Hosa Guddadahalli, near the Deepanjali Nagar Metro Station, called the South Fire Station to report a fire at what they claimed was a “chemical factory” in their locality.
As the fire broke out in Rekha Chemicals, employees were evacuated. Employees of an electrical parts manufacturing factory, located next to the godown, were also evacuated from the building.
Three fire personnel received fire injuries while carrying out operation to extinguish the fire, which took nearly seven hours of continuous operation, the Deputy Commissioner of Police West division of Bengaluru police , Sanjeev Patil said.
According to Patil, the Chemicals caught fire while one of the employees transferring chemicals from one barrel to the other using a pipe. “While transferring chemical, the pipe slipped and fell on the ground as a result of this large quantity of chemical spread all over and meantime, sparks came out of the UPS kept in the premises which led to the fire,” he said quoting the complaint.