A Surat textile market fire was contained to one shop at Adinath Textile Market on Ring Road after more than 50 firefighters and over 15 vehicles from 10 fire stations battled dense smoke and flames for three hours on Monday. A large stock of textile material was gutted in the incident, while the cause remains under investigation.
The fire was reported at around 10.45 am after a person from the affected shop reached the nearby Man Darwaja fire station. Flames and smoke were then seen emerging from a shop on the third floor of the market, one of Surat’s major textile trading areas.
The shop had a large quantity of textile material stored in its upper storage area, which was part of a double-height unit. Fire officials said flames were coming out through the shop’s entrance and had also caught material kept in the lobby. The thick smoke made it difficult for firefighters to enter and operate inside the premises.
“There was no way for the smoke to vent, due to which firefighting was challenging,” a fire official said. Fire teams continued spraying water into the premises until the afternoon because smoke persisted and the area required extensive cooling to prevent the fire from reigniting.
The blaze was restricted to the affected shop and did not spread to adjoining units. The market has around 100 shops, with substantial quantities of textile material stored during the festive season. The concentration of combustible goods in a busy commercial building increased the operational challenge for emergency teams, although the source report did not specify the value of the damaged stock.
A fire officer said narrow stairways, limited space for smoke to escape and flammable material stored in lobbies make it difficult to control fires in some textile markets across the city. These conditions can restrict access for firefighting teams and slow smoke removal during an emergency.
People were present in the affected shop when the fire began, but the report did not mention any casualties. Police and forensic science experts will investigate how the fire started. The cause had not been ascertained at the time of reporting, and fire-service operations continued after the flames were extinguished to complete cooling and rule out re-ignition.
