Patna, despite the strictness of the district administration and all the orders and instructions, there was a lot of fireworks on Diwali. The sky was filled with firecrackers worth crores of rupees. The smell of gunpowder was coming from every side. Asthma patients, old people and children were seen coughing amidst the black smoke.

On one hand, the happiness of the festival was blooming, on the other hand, someone was getting destroyed due to the sparks of firecrackers. Fires broke out at eight places in four police station areas of Patna City subdivision, causing a loss of more than Rs 70 lakh.

The fire brigade team, under the leadership of Fire Officer Gayanand Singh, kept running from here to there to extinguish the fire from the night of Diwali to Friday morning. The fire was extinguished with the help of 20 fire engines, big and small. The relief was that only goods were burnt to ashes due to the massive fires that broke out at many places.

No person was harmed. During the effort to reduce the damage caused by these incidents of fire, the unity of people of all religions and communities was seen. Whoever got the opportunity, everyone helped in extinguishing the fire by pouring water from the roof, wall, balcony.

Incident happened here

Incident 1: A toy shop caught fire on Thursday evening in Hari Mandir Gali under Chowk police station. Toys worth thousands of rupees kept in Sabara Khatoon's shop turned to ashes in no time. This shop was in an old vacant house. The fire was extinguished by connecting the pipe of the fire bullet to the motor. Local citizens cooperated a lot in this.

Incident 2: Near Math Laxmanpur Koyari Tola Devi Sthan of Alamganj police station area, two furniture and one Alimara factory and warehouse caught fire at around 12 o'clock on Thursday night. The furniture was burnt to ashes. The fire officer said that these three factories belonged to Mohammad Nasir, Mohammad Ekram and Shamim Ansari. The factory caught fire due to a spark falling during fireworks.

Incident 3: On Thursday night at around 12:40, two sofa factories caught fire due to sparks from firecrackers near Neem Tal Peeli Kothi on Dargah Road in Sultanganj police station area. Dozens of ready and under-construction sofas and other items were burnt. People nearby poured water on the fire continuously from tanks and motors. After a lot of effort, the fire was brought under control.

Incident 4: A fire broke out in a decoration shop located in Machharhatta of Khajekala police station area on Thursday night at around 11 o'clock. Fire officer Gayanand Singh, who reached the spot, said that the goods in Mukesh Kumar's shop were burnt. The cause of the fire was the spark of a firecracker. The fire was extinguished with the help of two big and one small fire engine.

Incident 5: The centering wood kept on the roof of a house located in Saheb Colony under Sultanganj police station caught fire. The fire officer said that all the centering wood on the roof of Mohammad Moinul was burnt. This fire was started due to the spark of a firecracker. Due to the narrow path leading to the house, the fire was extinguished with the help of fire bullet.

Incident 6: A fire broke out in the junk stored near Ambedkar Colony in Sultanganj police station area on Thursday night at around 11 o'clock. Local people tried to extinguish the fire. The fire was extinguished with the help of a small fire engine. The fire fighters said that this fire also started due to the spark of a firecracker.

Incident 7: A fire broke out on Friday evening in a warehouse of cloth, cotton and mauri making material on the first floor of a house located in Mauri Gali of Khajekala. The fire was stopped with the help of fire bullet.

Incident 8: A fire broke out on Friday evening in a junk shop located in Choa Lal Lane of Khajekala police station. Fire officer Gayanand Singh said that water was supplied by connecting eight pipes from three fire engines.