Massive fire erupts at railway godown.

Byline: NIAZ AHMAD CHAUHAN

WAZIRABAD -- A Godown of Railway's Sleeper Depot caught fire on Sunday causing burnt of wood worth of millions near Haripur Bund Railway Station on the south bank of river Chenab.

According to details, a nonstop train passed through Haripur Railway Station at 2.30 am while a cabin man namely Irshad was on duty on South cabin of Station. Both the Driver of the train and cabin man saw heavy flames aside Station near Pakistan railway's Sleeper Depot informed the Stationmaster who conveyed the message to high ups. Soon after receving the information some crew of Railway rushed the site but the severity of fire was beyond their imagination so they conveyed the message to Railway High ups and Administration.

Rescue 1122 Wazirabad first reached on the site of incident, later they informed their head quarter. On receiving information, Rescue 1122 teams from Gujranwala, Sialkot, Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin Districts rushed to the fire place. Railway officers called the Pak Army for help to compete the fire. One Helicopter of Pak Army examined the situation and later a special chopper was sent to join the rescue operation...

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