Hyderabad sources have stated that a video of a fire at Hyderabad’s Hitech City metro station began to do the rounds on social media Tuesday, which showed a section of the station being engulfed by the fire, and smoke billowing out. Accordingly the fire broke out in the under-construction metro station on Monday at around 5 pm. There were no casualties and no one was injured.
Meanwhile Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited (HMRL) authorities said "The incident took place at around 5 pm when work was going on. The sparks from the welding led to the fire. It was a minor mishap and was immediately controlled and extinguished".
Further the Hitech City metro station is still
under construction. HMRL earlier informed the public that all metro corridors
would be operational by the end of the year. Currently, Phase I of the metro
from Nagole to Miyapur is operational and moreover there have allegedly been
cases of negligence during the construction of the metro, and in some cases,
has injured motorists.
