MEERUT
: A
massive fire
engulfed the Jain Vivaah Mandap, a wedding banquet hall in Sadar Bazaar here, on Thursday. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot immediately, and it took over two hours to douse the blaze. There was no one in the hall when the fire spread. The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained but a probe has been set up in the matter.
“A massive fire engulfed the Jain Vivaah Mandap in Sadar area here on Thursday afternoon at around 12:15pm. Three fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the blaze. It took over two hours to extinguish it,” said Santosh Kumar, Meerut chief fire officer. Nobody was inside the banquet hall when the incident took place and hence no injuries were reported, he added.
“Prima facie, it looks like the fire occurred due to a spark from a cigarette, which might have been thrown by a passer-by. Since the entry of the banquet hall was made of bamboo and had a curtain too, the fire spread quickly,” said Kumar.
The Jain Vivaah Mandap is adjacent to Balaji Mandir here. The banquet belongs to one Prateek Jain. A probe has been set up to ascertain the reason behind the fire, said Kumar.
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