Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to ensure adequate relief and assistance to Non-Resident Rajasthani (NRR) merchants who suffered huge losses in the devastating fire in Surat's busy textile market.
"The fire spread very quickly because highly inflammable materials, such as flex, were used. The ceiling (of the coaching institute) was just five feet high. Since one cannot sit on a chair in such a room, the owner used tyres instead of chairs for the students," Singh told reporters at Gandhinagar.
Earlier in the day, the authorities had suspended Surat Deputy chief fire officer SK Acharya and Fire officer Kirti Modh.
