Fire Destroys Broiler Chicken Farm in Golaghat

GOLAGHAT: A massive fire broke out on the night of Tuesday in the Marangi locality of Golaghat. The fire caused heavy losses to a broiler farm located in the region.

The suspected reason for the outbreak of fire is being said to be an electrical short circuit. The broiler chicken farm belonging to one Mridupawan Gogoi was completely gutted in the fire. The fire was later doused by the efforts of the local people who also prevented it from propagating to other locations.

The local people raised concerns and expressed anger over the non-availability of proper fire and emergency services in the region which could have reduced the losses.

On Monday night, a large fire erupted at the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in the same Golaghat district. Immediately after the incident, NRL employees from the fire and safety department and fire tenders arrived at the scene and started putting out the fire. According to a report, Kajal Saikia, General Manager (HR) of NRL, said “The fire broke out at the Hydrocracker unit of NRL. Our fire and safety department personnel have immediately engaged in work to douse the flame. Now the fire is under control and there is no report of any casualty in the incident.”

He added that the Numaligarh Refinery would carry out a technical investigation to determine the precise cause of the fire and the entire loss. According to NRL spokesperson Madhuchanda Adhikari, the fire has been put out and no casualties or injuries have been reported. Around 7.20 p.m., a fire started in Vessel VV-4 of the refinery's hydrocarbon unit, and firefighters were on the scene right away to put it out. But the massive fire took several hours to be brought under control.

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