Goemkarponn desk
CANACONA – In a sudden spurt in Power Voltage, a bank server went up in flames, and an adjacent ATM machine was rendered non-functional, while electrical gadgets in stores and restaurants got short-circuited in Agonda.
Fire services personnel were requisitioned after a fire alarm was sounded and noticed smoke emanating from the HDFC Bank, Agonda branch at about 5.30 pm on Sunday evening.
The bank security was assisted by a local to snap out the main electrical supply to the bank, while a fire extinguisher was used to stop the fire from spreading further before the Fire Tender reached the spot and saved a major fire in the locality.
The entire power system in the bank is shut down, making the only ATM system in the locality operating in the same structure is non-operational and shut down.
Fridges including deep-fridges, TV’s, Set-Top Boxes, besides Music/Sound systems in at least two of the Restaurants, besides electrical gadgets of a General Provision Store and residence services by the Dessaiwada Transformer have been reported as damaged in the sudden spurt in High Power Voltage.
Incidentally, many of the residents of the tourism belt of Agonda continue to face the low voltage problems, with neither their fridges and A/C’s non-functional however, face the high Voltage issues resulting in damages to the costly gadgets more than often.
Incidentally, the ATM, as well as the Bank systems, were still down on Monday morning.