National Fire Service Day
April 14 is observed every year as the National Fire Service Day to remember those 66 fire fighters who lost their lives during the explosion that took place at freighter SS Fort Stikine at the Victoria Docks in the then Bombay Port.
OBSERVENCE OF 73rd NATIONAL FIRE SERVICE DAY& FIRE SAFETY WEEK
The 14th April is observed as a fire service day by all fire brigade services all over India. The Bombay explosion in which a large foreign ship at Mumbai port with million liters of lubricating oil barrels, million tons of bales of cotton along with highly inflammable materials like detonators, currency notes, gold & gold bricks exploded which was in shift name SS FORT STIKINE. On this day of 14th April in 1944 this steamer caught fire and before anyone could realize it, a major tragedy happened. The color of the sky changed to black with smoke, and the fire could be seen from a long distance.
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