Fire at Entally warehouse and factory near Airport

Kolkata: A major fire broke out on Thursday morning at a warehouse at Entally that stored plastic materials. Five fire tenders controlled the flames within an hour. Cooling process went on for some more time to completely douse the fire.

According to local residents, on Thursday around 7:45 am, people noticed smoke coming out of a warehouse located on the Radhanath Chowdhury Road in Entally. Initially, police and fire brigade were informed and primarily two fire tenders were pressed into action. But, later three more fire tenders were deployed. As there was no one inside, none got hurt.

In another incident, fire broke out at a bitumen factory located adjacent to the wall of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata, at Ganganagar on Wednesday. Five fire tenders controlled the fire within few hours.

According to local residents, on Wednesday around 12:30 pm, some people noticed smoke coming out of the factory.

Immediately, they alerted the workers of the factory. Meanwhile, a few of them tried to douse the flames with fire extinguishers but failed as they had become defunct.

Fire brigade was informed immediately. Five fire tenders doused the fire within a few hours. Fire brigade officials alleged that no fire fighting system was found inside the factory.

Fire brigade officials will check whether the factory had all necessary permissions. But, action will be taken as the factory had no fire fighting system installed on its premises.