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Fire breaks out at Leicester Gurdwara; Saroops of Guru Granth Sahib and Sangat taken out safely
February 24, 2015 | By Sikh Siyasat Bureau
Leicester: As per information, fire broke out today at Gurdwara Guru Tegh Bahadur Sahib localted at East Park Road in Leicester. The flames were spotted at around 11.15am from top story of the Gurdwara Sahib building, which is only used for storage . Five fire crews and an aerial ladder platform were called to the scene.
Gurdwara employees and Sikh volunteers evacuated hundreds of people (the Sangat) from the Gurdwara Sahib building. Guru Granth Sahib’s saroops were also taken to a safe place.
Sources told the Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) that the Sewadars of the Gurdwara Sahib was alerted to the fire in a top floor store-room after a fire alarm sounded.
Fire broke out at Gurudwara Guru Tegh Bahadur, Leicester
Fire broke out at Gurudwara Guru Tegh Bahadur, Leicester
Fire was controlled in time by the fire-fighters
No persons was injured in the incident
Surinderpal Singh Rai, education secretary of the Gurdwara Sahib, said: “I only live three or four minutes away. There were a few hundred people in the building and when I got here everyone was being evacuated quite smoothly.
“It’s unfortunate we’ve had a fire, but it has only affected the top of the building, it could have been worse. We’ll soon have the show on the road again.”
Centre manager Surinder Kaur Barth said: “When I heard the alarm I thought it was a practice, but one of my colleagues said it was an actual fire.
“We started getting people out of the building, checking toilets and went upstairs to get people out as quickly as possible, there were possibly 300 or more here.
No one was injured in this incident, a committee member told Sikh Siyasat News (SSN) over phone.
The cause of fire could not be determined and the investigations are still under-way, he added.
Crew manager Rob Green, one of the first on the scene from the city’s eastern fire station, said: “There was a lot of black smoke coming from the top floor and a lot of people coming out.
“It was difficult to stop a small number of people going back inside to get the holy books.”
Station manager Paul Purser, of eastern station, said: “It was a bad enough fire, but it had the potential to involve the whole of the premises.
“The crews did a good job to stop it spreading. I would appeal to people in a fire not to go back in to get belongings no matter how treasured, but to get themselves out and leave us to fight the fire.”
Parts of East Park Road, St Saviours Road, St Barnabus Road and Green Lane Road were closed during the incident.
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