Major fire in Indian Army ammunition depot in Panagarh

[M_Saint]

A major fire broke out early on Friday in one of the largest ammunition depots of Indian Army at Panagarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal, gutting a store house containing a large number of small arms and ammunition. “The fire broke out in shed number 16 (store house) of the depot at 1.30 am. Within five minutes, the entire fire fighting machinery of the Army was activated to battle the blaze,” Wing Commander M. Upasani of Eastern Command told media. The fire was brought under control at around 3.30 am but the shed was totally destroyed, he said. There was no loss of life or injury, the defence spokesman said. A crisis management team of the Army, led by Colonel A.D. Sethi, rushed to the site and controlled the fire, which destroyed a large number of small arms and ammunition, he said. The Wing Commander said Maj Gen Chowdhury of the Eastern Command rushed to the site for an immediate probe. The cause of the fire was not known, he said. Panagarh, about 120 kms from here, has one of the largest ammunition depots of the Indian Army and is also an important air force base.

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BR alert : TSP unleased its fantom weapon to burn Hari, Ram's depot.

 

[Spring Onion]

BR alert : TSP unleased its fantom weapon to burn Hari, Ram's depot.

the rickkshaw people speak using their donka instead of using their brains if they have any.


Its obvious the ammo stores are **** to such fires. Now if TSI is failed to take measures its not our fault.

 

[manish123]

A major fire broke out early on Friday in one of the largest ammunition depots of Indian Army at Panagarh in Burdwan district of West Bengal, gutting a store house containing a large number of small arms and ammunition. “The fire broke out in shed number 16 (store house) of the depot at 1.30 am. Within five minutes, the entire fire fighting machinery of the Army was activated to battle the blaze,” Wing Commander M. Upasani of Eastern Command told media. The fire was brought under control at around 3.30 am but the shed was totally destroyed, he said. There was no loss of life or injury, the defence spokesman said. A crisis management team of the Army, led by Colonel A.D. Sethi, rushed to the site and controlled the fire, which destroyed a large number of small arms and ammunition, he said. The Wing Commander said Maj Gen Chowdhury of the Eastern Command rushed to the site for an immediate probe. The cause of the fire was not known, he said. Panagarh, about 120 kms from here, has one of the largest ammunition depots of the Indian Army and is also an important air force base.

Major fire in Indian Army ammunition depot in Panagarh | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online


BR alert : TSP unleased its fantom weapon to burn Hari, Ram's depot.

Infrastructure is lagging in India in all arenas.We should put upgradation of Infrastructure in all areas as a national priority to-do list.

 

[rohailmalhi]

oh yes ISI once again in action

 

[ssheppard]

Well If I know the way India forces operate......Amunition stores catching fire is a way to do any one of the two things :

1. to cover up for a fraud...or a scam

2. to get rid of old and aging ammunition...and provoke government of India to buy fresh Hauls of weapons ....as Sarkari Babus generally sleep on procurement files and their slumber is generally broken by these kinds of Fires and explosions.....now that old stock is gone ...they will have to push for new stock.....


Opinions are welcome..

 

[manish123]

oh yes ISI once again in action

Where does ISI come into this.who said so? Is ISI crazy? no, they know RAW would be blowing up their depots.Nobody is going to do this foolish and stupid act.

 

[Imran Khan]

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[Imran Khan]

 

[Bas_tum_Pak]

Originally Posted by rohailmalhi
oh yes ISI once again in action

Where does ISI come into this.who said so? Is ISI crazy? no, they know RAW would be blowing up their depots.Nobody is going to do this foolish and stupid act.

Every one Know even Enemies that ISI is professional enough that he can't do any kind of Low level acts.

The member who first stated was describing 'Typical Indian Mentality' Nothing Else.

 

[kamaloo]

Unfortunately for the Indian Director General Ordnance , there have been repeated fire incidents in Ammunition Depots reflecting a poor Fire Discipline and an equal poor response to fight Ammunition Fires.The recent Fire was in the Samba District of Kashmir where a considerable amount of Ammunition was destroyed( Samba reminds of the famous Spy Scandle in which a complete Brigade of India recruited by a major of Pakistan Intelligence and when discovered by India about 150 Indian officers were brutally tortured and sent to jail.).
The report on the Outbreak of fire in Panagarh is a cover up. Actually
Major Subramaniam of Indian Ordnance Corps,disclosed to a friend during a discussion that the Deputy Commandant had asked the Duty Officer to discretely get honey collected from the trees during the Night. Honey is collected by showing smoke to the Bees. During this operation one of the trees adjacent to the shed containing Ammuniition caught fire. Fire spread from trees to the Ammunition and resulted in loss worth crores.
There are no Static Water Tanks in the Depot, Ammunition is stored under Deviation in buildings not meant for Ammunition, The Safety Distances required for Ammunition have been disregarded.
It is a lie that within five minutes the Army had reacted. Actually within Five Minutes the Shed had been completely destroyed, after all it was ammunition and not logs that were stored therein.
Whereas all the officers should have reported to the Depot on outbreak of fire, most of the officers had purposely delayed in appearing at the depot,. The Fire Fighting equipment and staff in the Ammunition Depot were inadequate inspite of regular reports by the Duty officers.
A day prior to the fire incident, heavy consignment of Ammunition was issued to intelligence units / personnel, It could be very much possible that this ammunition reported as destroyed is used for some clandestine operation in Afghanistan, OR BanglaDesh.