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India - Sugarcane crops in 13 acres gutted in fire accident in Sangareddy

26.01.2025 196 views

A fire tender was rushed to the spot to prevent the fire from spreading to other parts. The farmer suffered Rs 10 lakh loss.

Hours after the fire accident reduced sugarcane crops on 50 acres into ashes in Mogudampally mandal, two more accidents were reported in two different villages in the mandal on Tuesday night.

One such accident resulted when a lorry carrying sugarcane came in touch with live overhead wires at Gousabad. The fire spread to 10 acres of harvested crop and the drip pipes on 10 acres of field of farmer Sanjeeva Reddy were reduced to ashes.

A fire tender was rushed to the spot to prevent the fire from spreading to other parts The farmer suffered Rs 10 lakh loss. In another fire accident, three acres of sugarcane of crop belonging to farmer Devi Singh was gutted in Mogudampally. Singh said that he suffered Rs 3 lakh loss.

Source - https://telanganatoday.com

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