Around 50 huts gutted in Dum Dum fire
A fire broke out in the slums around Dum Dum's Sudhir Shur College area this afternoon. Explosions were heard in succession. The incident of fire broke out suddenly in the slum in the Chatakol area of Dum Dum.
A fire ripped through a four-storey building at a local market in a village here Saturday night, officials said.
No loss of life was reported in the incident, a police official said.
The incident was reported from Sharma market in Hoshiarpur in Sector 51 around 10.30 pm after which police officials and personnel of the Fire Department were rushed to the spot, the officials said.
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Around half a dozen fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused a little before midnight, the police official said.
The cause of the fire and loss to material can be confirmed after probe, the official said.
On Friday, 10 vehicles, including two cars and eight two-wheelers, were gutted in a fire that broke out in a transformer in the industrial hub of Sector 63 here, according to officials.
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