A short circuit is likely to have caused the fire around 3am GURGAON: A massive fire broke out at a car workshop in Sector 41's Silokhra village in the early hours of Saturday, destroying 15 high-end vehicles estimated to be worth Rs 10 crore - from BMW to Mercedes and Audi . The fire engulfed the garage around 3am on Saturday. There were, however, no injuries, as the workshop was vacant at that time.
The fire department said they got a call at 3.01am, alerting them to a fire at the Berlin Motor Workshop in Moti Vihar Colony . The department immediately dispatched fire tenders from Sector 29, Bhim Nagar, Udyog Vihar, Sector 37 and IMT Manesar stations.
A total of 11 fire tenders were sent to the spot. By the time they arrived, officials said, the blaze had engulfed more than half of the workshop. While a preliminary probe pointed to a short circuit as the likely cause of the fire, further investigation is underway to determine the exact cause and to assess the extent of the damage, fire officials said.
Teams of firefighters battled the flames for nearly four hours. Their efforts were complicated by the presence of combustible materials such as fuel and lubricants commonly found in auto workshops, which posed a significant risk of explosions, officials said. The fire was finally contained around 7am, after which it was found that of the around 20 luxury vehicles brought to the workshop for servicing or repairs, 15 were completely destroyed.
"We received information about a fire at a luxury car workshop and immediately dispatched 11 fire trucks to the scene. It took nearly four hours to extinguish the fire, and our team returned at 7am. Unfortunately, several luxury cars were charred in the incident," Gulshan Kalra, deputy director (fire services), said.
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