Bengaluru: State DG IGP Alok Mohan visited the scene of fire incident in Attibele in Bangalore city district and inspected the fire incident.
This is a bad incident. 14 people died as they could not get out of the godown in the fire disaster. The rest were seriously injured. He said that the case will be investigated.
The incident took place on the national highway on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border on saturday. 14 dead bodies were found. A case has been registered against five people, including a shop owner and a land owner. Bengaluru Rural District SP Mallikarjuna Baladandi said that two people have been taken into custody in connection with the fire incident that took place last night at a firecracker shop.
It is learned that the accident happened due to the negligence of the owner of the warehouse. The warehouse owner has violated the fire code. Central Zone IGP Ravikanthe Gowda said that further investigation is being conducted in this regard.
We will also take action against those who have sent firecrackers. After receiving the firework order, the document here should be taken and transported. Besides, SOP has to be followed while transporting firecrackers. Action will be taken against the culprits. There is information that the firecrackers were brought from Dharmapuri in Tamil Nadu. A team of officials will be formed to investigate the tragedy. Complaints are received from the injured. A complaint has been taken on charges of murder. An investigation will also be conducted regarding which department has committed the lapse. Action will be taken against the culprits, whoever they are, he said.
As the deceased were laborers from Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Ministers and MLAs visited the site of the Crackers Godown fire accident in Attibele and conducted an inspection. Tamil Nadu Health Minister M. Subramanian, Food Minister Sakrapani visited the hospital, Tamil Nadu Aruru MLA Sampath Kumar, MLA Ramachandra visited the hospital. Hosur MLA Y Prakash also visited.
