Textile waste lying in open plot catches fire near Sachin

Surat: A giant pile of textile waste dumped on the roadside near Sachin GIDC caught fire here on Tuesday. There were no casualties, police said.
Officials of fire and emergency services department of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said the fire broke out in an open plot located on Surat-Sachin highway near Sachin GIDC at about 4:20pm. The pile of fabrics, chemical drums, cardboards, waste paper etc dumped on the roadside caught fire due to unknown reasons.
About six fire tenders took two hours control the fire.
Chief fire officer Basant Pareek said, “It is a wrong practice of dumping textile waste in open plots. Such incidents take place frequently because textile waste is highly combustible.”
There are more than 2,500 textile units, including 80 textile processing units, in Sachin GIDC. Many units among them dump the textile waste in open plots, sources said.
Pareek added, “It is a handiwork of some industries located in Sachin GIDC. Till now, we have not caught anyone red-handed, but we plan to keep watch in the industrial areas against such activities.”