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 broke out on the fifth floor of a high-rise office building called the Apeejay House in the posh Park Street in Kolkata Monday, an official said.
No one was injured in the fire that broke out at about 11.10 am on the fifth floor of the multi-storied Apeejay House, the Fire Brigade official said.
“Several fire tenders are busy in dousing the flames,” he said.
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Efforts are being made to evacuate the building, which houses several corporate offices and headquarters of the Apeejay Surendra Group.
“Initially, light smoke was seen around 11 am, but by 11.30 flames were seen gushing out of windows with thick black smoke,” eyewitnesses said.
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