Cops douse fire
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 25 2012:
Swift action by personnel of Waikhong police station prevented possible widespread devastation from a raging fire believed to have originated from a bushfire.
According to a source, Officer in-charge of the police station Inspector Suresh Anthony Ngangbam assisted by ASI Nepolian and 30 of its personnel rushed to Waikhong Ningthoumanai Maning Ching (hill range) and joined local volunteers in successfully dousing the blaze, which had threatened to spread to the nearby human settlement areas.
Information about the inferno was conveyed to the police station at around 3.30 pm today following which the OC contacted fire service sub-stations of Sugnu and Kakching before personally joining in the fire fighting effort.