Chennai: A minor fire broke out at the Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar (MSSR) building located behind the new fire station at Chennai airport on Tuesday evening.
No one was injured in the incident.
According to the police, around 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday, in one of the rooms of the MSSR building, there was a short circuit in one of the batteries housed there. This caused a fire which subsequently spread and 45 of the batteries burst. Fire personnel rushed to the spot and extinguished the flames immediately, the sources said.
“The batteries present in the room were spare batteries. Air navigation services were not affected as this radar is not functional as yet,” said a police officer.
On Tuesday morning officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) had inspected the new fire station in order to commission it soon.
25/09/13 The Hindu
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No one was injured in the incident.
According to the police, around 7.45 p.m. on Tuesday, in one of the rooms of the MSSR building, there was a short circuit in one of the batteries housed there. This caused a fire which subsequently spread and 45 of the batteries burst. Fire personnel rushed to the spot and extinguished the flames immediately, the sources said.
“The batteries present in the room were spare batteries. Air navigation services were not affected as this radar is not functional as yet,” said a police officer.
On Tuesday morning officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI) had inspected the new fire station in order to commission it soon.
25/09/13 The Hindu
