Mangalore, April 23 : Anil Lobo Chairman of Mangalore Catholic Co-operative Bank Ltd gives the detailed information on the fire break out at Bank head office, Hampankatta, Mangalore Today April 23 at 12 noon.
In his post on Facebook he says" As you might be already aware, there was an electric stabilizer/wiring related fire incident in the corner of Hampankatta branch at @ 12 noon. There was no actual fire, but, electric burning related thick black smoke which engulfed the entire Hampankatta branch."
"I was present in HO at the time, and, along with our colleagues swung into action. The fire department responded immediately with 5 fire tenders. All staff were safely evacuated with out a single injury. Few customers who were present had immediately vacated. All documents, cash, jewellery, servers and computers and furniture are safe, as there was no fire. Our computer systems were not effected and safe"
Continuing he says" The fire department had to break the glasses of the windows and front facade in order to flush out the thick black smoke. The fire service has pumped in a lot of water as a precautionary measure .They were suspecting some staff/ customers inside as nothing was visible. This might have caused some damage of furniture And, also the electric system will have to be thoroughly checked and may require replacement, repair.
We are already back in the HO and some of the systems are back on line. The Hampankatta branch may require a few days for refurbishing and repairs. Meanwhile, the branch will be made operational on next working day."
In the post he has thanked all the directors and employees for their support.