Residents demands stricter fire safety inspections in Hyderabad

The electronic consumer goods stores in the city are tickling bombs with the management failing to take proper fire safety measures.

Early this week, two people died and six others suffered injuries when fire broke out at Gomathi Electronics in Shahalibanda old city. 

Due to the intensity of fire, the compressors of refrigerators and air conditioners started exploding. Due to the blast, the shutter of the store ripped apart and the flying metal pieces hit the road users.

One person Sajjad Ali, a resident of Khilwat who was going on the road on his scooter died after



he was hit by the metal pieces. The shop owner, Shiva Kumar Bansal, too suffered injuries and died.

Local residents point out that in the past two years, fires broke out at two different electronic consumer goods stores at Shahalibanda.

“Both the stores are located within 100 metre radius of Gomathi electronics. In both the incidents, the fire department personnel had battled hard to control the blaze and behind both the commercial establishments there are residential houses. We are constantly staying in fear as this is the third fire incident in the area,” said Mannan Khan, a local resident.