20160221 India Cardboard manufacturing factory destroyed in fire in Kanpur
India Feb 20 2016 “Factories”
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Cardboard manufacturing factory destroyed in fire in Kanpur
Updated: 2016-02-21-07:33
A cardboard manufacturing factory was destroyed in fire in Chakeri area on Saturday. No casualty was reported.
The fire broke out in the afternoon hours in the cardboard factory owned by Shakeel Ahmed, a resident of Koyla Nagar. Several fire tenders fought the blaze, a fire official said. People living in the houses close to the factory were evacuated as the fire spread.
A short-circuit is believed to have triggered the blaze in which property worth lakhs was destroyed.
The fire reduced major portion of the factory to ashes. It took three to four fire tenders from Latouche Road, Fazalganj and Colonelganj fire stations several hours to douse the flames. The task was made tougher by the presence of combustible material in the factory. There was thin presence of workers due to Sunday and none suffered injuries.
A huge quantity of highly combustible material, including paper cartons were stored there, a fire official said. The fire resulted in a chaos in the Chakeri Area and flames could be seen from a distance of 500 metres away from the unit. The fire was spotted by locals of the area. Their efforts to control the flames proved futile. The fire control room was alerted.
Web Source: THE TIMES OF INDIA
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