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Kolkata jute mill fire brought under control

| | Jan 30, 2018, at 11:50 pm

Kolkata, Jan 30 (IBNS): The massive fire, which broke out at a jute mill in north Kolkata's Narkeldanga Main Road area on Tuesday afternoon, has been brought under control, reports said.

According to reports, the fire was first seen at around 2:30 pm. inside Calcutta Jute Mill's godown and it spread quickly to other parts of the mill as several inflammable objects were stored there.

As many as 8 fire tenders, Disaster Management Group (DMG) personnel and local police responded to the incident and firemen fought for nearly 3 hours to douse the blaze.

However, no casualty was reported in the incident, officials confirmed.

Police and fire department have started probe into the cause of the fire.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)

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