A fire broke out in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Ramachandrapuram near here on Friday. However, no one was injured.
According to sources, the loss would be between Rs.2 crore to Rs.3 crore though a formal assessment was yet to be done. Officials claimed that a short circuit caused the fire, but sources in the BHEL said the fire was sparked off during welding work and spread to the workshop soon. According to K. Srinivasa Rao, Inspector of Factories, six fire engines from Patancheru, Bharat Dynamics Limited and Ordinance Factory were pressed into service to douse the fire. It took about an hour to bring it under control.
A press release issued by BHEL, however, described it as a ‘minor' fire.
