Fire breaks out in Signature-1 building at SG Highway in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: Fire broke out today morning at Singature-1 building on Ahmedabad’s Sarkhej-Gandhinagar(SG) highway.

The building is commercial in nature and located close to Makarba area opposite Andaz party plot. It has BMW showroom on the ground floor.

Fire started in cable duct, somewhere above 5th floor.

None is reported dead in this incident, but at least one woman is found unwell and shifted to medical care facility via emergency 108 ambulance service.

Fire Brigade teams evacuated some people from inside the building by opening outer glass panels.

Fire was quickly controlled in this 10-storey building but smoke continued to create panic inside.

Chief Fire Officer of Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services which functions under the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC), Minoch Dastoor said, fire in cable duct caused this incident.

He said, “at it was fire in duct, its impact was felt across all 11 floors. Fire was limited to duct but its smoke sparked-off panic.”

He said there were about 200 persons in the building when fire broke out. Of them most people were evacuated. Some who were inside the offices were asked to keep door shut and stay inside as it was safe for them. 2 fire tenders, 2 water browsers and 1 container ladder were used for fire operation.

Datsoor further said, staircases and corridor were closed by glasses and therefore the situation worsened further. Fire brigade has removed these glass partitions. Building’s NOC will be cancelled. Fire department advises that only lowers should be used.

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