Among those watching on in shock was the businesses owner, who had been inside just half an hour earlier.
"He would have gone to try to extinguish that small fire but in minutes it could have turned big and he would have been trapped inside," the owner's brother-in-law, Rajesh Kumar, said. Fire crews attacked the flames from the ground and in the air but their efforts were hampered by a heavy fuel load and other hidden dangers within the building.
In the light of day, the extent of the damage became clear: nothing left of Vita Foods, which imports goods fromFire crews attacked the flames from the ground and in the air but their efforts were hampered by a heavy fuel load and other hidden dangers within the building."It is all gone... within hours everything has collapsed," he said.The owner will need to rebuild from the ground up, with the damage bill estimated at more than a million dollars.