Bokaro (Jharkhand), Oct 31 (PTI) A number of retailers promoting firecrackers had been gutted in a blaze in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district on Thursday night, police mentioned. Nevertheless, no casualty has been reported thus far, a police officer mentioned. The incident came about close to Garga Bridge in Bokaro Metal Metropolis police station space. Bokaro Metropolis DSP Alok Ranjan mentioned round 13-14 makeshift retailers promoting firecrackers have been gutted.
He mentioned that the district administration had given permission to those shopkeepers to arrange firecracker retailers briefly. Ranjan mentioned that the hearth has been doused and investigation is underway to establish the explanation behind it. The shopkeepers claimed that they confronted an enormous loss as a result of incident. They demanded compensation from the administration in opposition to their losses.
Bokaro’s BJP MLA Biranchi Narayan reached the spot after the incident and mentioned that had the district administration and hearth brigade been energetic, such an incident wouldn’t have occurred.