Wheat crop burnt to ashes after the fire.
On Tuesday, a sudden wheat crop caught fire in the village Rampura of Fazilka. The fire was so terrible that in some time it engulfed about three and a half acres of crop and the crop was burnt to ashes. People say that the fire brigade’s car did not reach the spot.
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Giving information, Harnek Singh said that a sudden fire broke out in his standing crop of wheat. The fire was so terrible that about three to three and a half acres of wheat crop was burnt to ashes. He said that due to the fire, the fire could not come out when the power supply was also closed.
Villagers controlled before fire department
He says that the information was given to the fire brigade department. Before the arrival of the fire of the fire brigade department, the local people gathered and controlled the fire while the fire brigade car did not reach even after extinguishing the fire.
He said that the poor farmer has suffered a lot at the economic level. There is a demand for compensation by them.
Crowd of villagers present at the scene.
Trains less due to increasing fire incidents
On the other hand, Fateh Singh, an official of the Fire Brigade Department, said that due to increasing fire incidents at one time, the vehicles go to the field to extinguish the fire. Due to which the car is not able to reach on time. Otherwise, the fire brigade car is sent on the spot immediately after receiving the complaint so that the crop of the farmer can be saved.