A fire broke out at the Cantonment Namma Metro underground work site around 4 p.m. on Saturday causing panic among residents and workers on the site. As thick black smoke billowed out from the construction area, residents rushed out of their houses worried that it would further escalate. However, no casualties were reported.
According to BMRCL and fire and police officials, most of the material that caught fire was polystyrene which was the cause of the heavy smoke. The storage area also contained construction material and plywood, plastic material and containers of glue. “The work site usually receives machinery and tools packed inside boxes. The waste materials were kept near the compound wall. Someone may have thrown a cigarette butt resulting in the fire,” said Anjum Parwez, managing director of BMRCL.
