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Kaithal: 20 fires reported on Diwali, goods worth lakhs destroyed; no casualties

Satish Seth
Kaithal, Nov 9 (UNI) Nearly 20 fire incidents were reported in Kaithal district during Diwali. The fire brigade department received complaints from various areas of the district. Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in these incidents, although no one was killed.
Fire Station Kaithal received the highest number of complaints, 10.
Additionally, two complaints were registered in Cheeka, three in Pundri, three in Kalayat, and one each in Rajound and Siwan.
The exact cause of the fires remains unclear.
However, it is suspected that most of the incidents were caused by firecrackers.
Fire brigade teams arrived at the scene and extinguished the fires.
According to the fire department, a total of 20 complaints were received from various areas of the district, including Kaithal city.
There were no casualties in any of these incidents. In many places, people controlled the fires themselves, while fire engines were sent to areas with significant fires.
Goods worth lakhs were destroyed in a kitchen fire in Sector 19.
Fields caught fire in Jaswanti and Tik villages. Straw pits burned in Budhakheda and Manas.
A stock of straw caught fire at Khumbi Farm on Khurana Road. A fire broke out at a scrap dealer's shop at Chandana Gate, causing losses worth lakhs.
Goods in a shop at Jakholi Adda were burned.
Fires broke out in huts on Sirta Road and Gyong.
Fire teams reached the spot as soon as information was received.

Fire station in-charge Rajkumar said that department teams arrived at the scene as soon as information was received. In most areas, people extinguished the fires themselves. Where the fires were more severe, fire engines were sent and it was brought under control.
No injuries or fatalities were reported in the district.
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