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 onboard Indian Navy’s stealth frigate INS Shivalik, but there was no major damage or any casualty, Navy officials said.
According to officials, the fire broke in a storage compartment and was controlled in time.
“It was a minor incident, there has been no damage to men or material,” an official said.
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A Board of Inquiry has been ordered in the incident.
The lead ship of her class of stealth multi-role frigates built for the Indian Navy, INS Shivalik is the first stealth warship built by India.
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