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Fire Damages Over a Dozen Shops in Surat Textile Market, Firefighter Injured

By PTI

A large fire broke out at a multi-storey textile market in Surat, Gujarat, damaging more than a dozen shops and injuring a firefighter, officials said on Wednesday. The blaze started around midnight at the Shyam Sangini textile market, affecting shops on the sixth floor of the building. Chief Fire Officer Basant Pareek said 25 firefighting vehicles, including turntable ladders and hydraulic platforms, along with nearly 150 fire personnel and officers, were deployed to bring the fire under control. It took firefighting teams seven to eight hours to contain the blaze. During the operation, a firefighter sustained injuries and was hospitalized after his condition worsened. According to local traders, the fire began among synthetic goods stored outside shops on the sixth floor before spreading rapidly to several other establishments in the market.