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Major fire in Kolkata, no casualties reported
so far
Thursday March 22, 2012 10:16:12 AM,
IANS
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Kolkata:
A large number of shops were destroyed in a major fire that broke
out in Kolkata’s age-old Hatibagan market in the early hours
Thursday. No casualties have been reported.
Thirty fire tenders pressed into service have brought the blaze
partially under control after hours of fire fight, a government
official said.
The fire was first noticed at 2.30 a.m. Thursday, it spread
rapidly to engulf large part of the market, which was set up in
1945 in a congested part of north Kolkata.
Disaster management group and Rapid Action Force personnel are at
the spot.
“So far there are no reports of any casualty,” Fire services and
Disaster management Minister Javed Khan said.
“This market is a bit unplanned like any other old market of
Kolkata. It seems the electrical wiring and other such things have
not been taken care of properly over the years,” City Mayor Sovan
Chattopadhaya said.
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