Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The death toll in the fire that broke out in two warehouses in Anandapur, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, has reached 21, said the police on Wednesday. At the same time, about 27 people are still missing, and a search is on to trace them.Meanwhile, police have arrested Gangadhar Das, the owner of the burnt-down Pushpanjali decorator’s warehouse. He was arrested on charges of death due to negligence.On Wednesday, he was produced before a court, which remanded him to p…
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Ahmedabad, Jan 28 (IANS) An anonymous threat to blow up the Ahmedabad rural court triggered panic and heightened security measures in the area, prompting an immediate response from security agencies and the district administration.Soon after the threatening message was received, multiple fire department vehicles rushed to the court, and senior fire officials, along with emergency response teams, were deployed on site.Firefighters were placed on high alert to deal with any untoward incident. Poli…
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) The death toll in the fire that broke out in two warehouses in Anandapur in the southern outskirts of Kolkata has reached 16, said the police on Wednesday. At the same time, several people are still missing, and a search is on to trace them.Meanwhile, police have arrested Gangadhar Das, the owner of the burnt-down decorator’s warehouse. He was arrested on charges of death due to negligence.The decorator’s warehouse was adjacent to a Momo company’s warehouse, which was also…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) Thirty-two hours have passed and there are still pocket fires in the twin warehouses of Anandapur in east Kolkata. The death toll has risen to eight and several people are still missing. Director General of the Fire Department revealed that the warehouse didn’t have adequate fire safety measures and was operating without the fire department’s authorisation. Almost 32 hours after the incident, state fire minister Sujit Bose visited the site on Tuesday morning.BJP MLA Ashok …
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The West Bengal Police on Tuesday said that the death toll in the massive fire at the warehouse in the Anandapur area of Kolkata has reached eight, while several others are still missing. According to the police, about 15 fire engines worked round the clock to douse the fire, which broke out at the dry food warehouse at around 3 a.m. on Monday. The search for others is still underway. With the fire under control, firefighters are now trying to douse some pocket fires.Till …
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) The death toll in a massive fire at a warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata rose to seven on Monday, a state police official has confirmed.At the same time, missing diaries have reported about 20 persons who were there at the warehouse when the fire broke out early Monday morning. However, the police have yet to reveal the identities of the seven charred bodies recovered from inside the warehouse.State police insiders said that bodies had bee…
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Local train services were disrupted for a considerable period at the South Section of the Sealdah division of the East Railways on Monday morning following a major fire at Bagha Jatin Railways station in that section.However, at the time the report was filed, the local train services had been normalised. There is no report of casualties following the fire that broke out in a temporary shop at the station platform.The fire broke out at around 6.30 a.m. on Monday at a garmen…
Kolkata, Jan 11 (IANS) One of the four people who sustained burns following a massive explosion at a firecracker factory in South 24 Parganas district’s Champahati area, succumbed on Sunday, the police said.According to the reports, Gouhari Ganguly succumbed to burns around 1.30 a.m. at MR Bangur Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment.A senior officer of Kolkata Police said, “Early on Sunday morning, one of the critically injured people succumbed to his wounds in the hospital.””Ganguly, who…
Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Crucial documents related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) were gutted as fire broke out at the SDO office in West Bengal’s Siliguri district.According to the police, a fire suddenly broke out at the Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) office on Hill Cart Road in Mallaguri early on Thursday.As a result of the fire, two rooms of the SDO office have been completely gutted.Several computers and government documents kept in the two rooms have also been destroyed. However, due to th…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Several shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out in the Garden Reach area of southern Kolkata on Thursday evening, triggering panic among residents on Christmas Day.The fire broke out in a garbage depot area of Garden Reach, where a densely populated slum with a large number of shacks and shanties caught fire. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.According to fire department sources, information about the fire was received around 4.30 p.m., foll…