The Fire and Rescue Department has said that the fire ravaged Chennai Silks building will be completely razed down in three days.
Meenakshi Vijayakumar, Deputy Director, TN Fire and Rescue Services, said the Public Works Department and Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority were also involved in the demolition work. “Eighty five men [from the Fire and Rescue Services] are currently working now. We have to demolish the structure level-by-level. It will take another three days to complete it.”
Chennai Silks fire: The story till now
Ms. Vijayakumar said water was continuously being sprayed on the debris to prevent the spread of dust. She refuted media reports suggesting that paucity of water in the city was delaying the demolition process. “It is a slow and clean process. Level one and two are being demolished now. It will be filled up with debris and then we will continue it with other levels,” she said.
A major portion of the seven-storeyed Chennai Silks building on Usman Road in T.Nagar, crumbled during the early hours of Thursday, after a major fire engulfed the building on Wednesday.
As many as 12 people were rescued from the premises.