AHMEDABAD: A major fire broke out at the Space Applications Centre of theIndian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Theblaze occurred in the area where the machinery is stored. Seven firetenders have been rushed to the spot. There are reports that one personnelof the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been injured. It islikely to take a couple of hours to douse the flames completely.
“A major fire broke out at the research centre inside the sprawling SACcampus in the Satellite area of the city this afternoon. As many as 25 firetenders have been pressed into service by the Ahmedabad Fire and EmergencyServices (AFES),” an AFES official said. There are 10 ambulances at thespot for rescue operations.
“It will take another two hours to control the fire completely as thermocolsheets are still burning and emitting smoke. However, the fire has beenbrought under control,” he said.
In the video recorded from the scene, thick black smoke can be seenemitting out of the building.
Ahmedabad District Collector Vikrant Pandey, who was also on the spot, saidthe blaze had engulfed the research centre building, that stood isolated.”The fire will not spread to other buildings on the premises,” he added.”All our teams are at the site and it will soon be brought under control,”Pandey added.
The SAC is a major research centre of the ISRO in the city, where payloadsfor satellite launched by the country are prepared. The centre wasestablished by Vikram Sarabhai – the father of the Indian space programme.