The synthetic turf that was stored at the hockey ground in R S Puram Corporation Boys School went up in flames all of a sudden and was completely burned.
Coimbatore: The synthetic turf worth Rs.2 crore stored at the R S Puram Boys Corporation School hockey ground went up in flames all of a sudden.
The construction of the hockey ground by the Corporation had been halted at the Boys Corporation School a few years ago at R S Puram, Coimbatore for unknown reasons.
The synthetic turf brought in for the hockey ground surface was rolled up and kept at a corner of the stadium. All of a sudden, the synthetic turf caught fire.
The Coimbatore North Fire Station was informed and the fire brigade rushed in to extinguish the fire.
The fire by then had destroyed about Rs.2 crore worth of synthetic turf meant for the construction of the ground.