As the winter arrives, the number of fire incidents rises across the state. This winter the Arunachal has been ravaged by several major fire incidents. The worst fire incident was reported from Wakka village in Longding district. 52 dwelling houses were gutted down making more than 100 families homeless. A 70-year-old woman was charred to death while massive amount of properties were damaged. In another major fire incident, seven dwelling houses, six semi RCC and three OBT barracks were devastated in two separate fire incidents at Ngomdir village and Gour Hill on Tuesday in Aalo town.
Several other fire incidents have caused massive devastations. Every year during the winter season, Arunachal witnesses number of fire accidents. However, people as well as authority concern do not seem to be learning any lesson from the repeated fire incidents. The state government should conduct proper study in this regard and try to find a long term solution to this issue. The study should involve fire department as well as local people. Also the number of fire station should be increased and more number of fire tending vehicles should be purchased. On their part, the citizens should learn lesson from such kind of repeated fire incident and take measures.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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