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 …
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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 26 (IANS) The Police on Monday confirmed the death of three people in a massive fire at a warehouse in Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata, while several others are still missing.According to the police, about 15 fire engines are working on a war footing to douse the fire which broke out at the dry food warehouse at around 3 am in the morning. The search for others is still underway. With the fire partially under control, firefighters have entered the building with g…
Kolkata, Jan 26 (IANS) A massive fire broke out at a dry food warehouse in the Anandapur area on the southern outskirts of Kolkata in the early hours of Monday, with six people feared trapped inside.The blaze erupted around 3 a.m. and has been raging for several hours, with firefighters yet to bring it fully under control. Twelve fire engines have been deployed to extinguish the flames.The warehouse, located in Nazirabad under the Anandapur area, primarily stored dry packaged food items and bott…