RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Jan.2: Loss in tune of crores is expected due to the fire which broke out at a pickling house at Usha Martin factory at Tatisilwai today.
Pickling is metal surface treatment used to remove impurities, such as stains, inorganic contaminants and rust or scale from ferrous metals, copper, precious metal and aluminium.
An insider informed this saying “there is no loss of human life but the financial loss must be in the tune of crores as the pickling house has burnt,” the insider said.
Fire station officer at Tatisilwai Janardan Tiwari said he got the information regarding the fire at 12.15 pm and sent one after another five fire tenders. “Within three hours the fire was brought under control. We visually observed PVC sheet burning. The reason behind the fire was the short circuit,” he said.
Officer-in-charge of Tatisilwai police station, Mahendra Karmali, supported the insider saying the place where work of washing iron was done came under the fire.
“Officials have been asked to give details of the loss by tomorrow,” Karmali said.
In the evening, Usha Martin also issued an official communiqué regarding the incident. The communiqué suggested that the company properly handled the situation and there is no loss of life. The communiqué, however, missed to inform about the loss assessment.
“A fire broke out in a shed of Usha Martin’s Ranchi factory today. Our Emergency Response Team immediately reached the spot. The fire was controlled by taking the incident area under security cordon. In this, the Ranchi Fire Brigade also extended its full cooperation. No person has suffered any kind of injury in this incident. As per the security protocol, the concerned authorities were immediately informed about the incident. The loss caused by this incident is being assessed. As a responsible corporate, we are committed to safe operations,” the communiqué read.
Established in the year 1960, Usha Martin is a multi-unit and multi-product organisation. The wire rope manufacturing facilities located in Ranchi, and other places produce one of the widest ranges of wire ropes in the world. The infrastructural facilities are equipped with the latest state-of-the-art high-capacity machines to manufacture world-class products.
