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| Kolkata leather factory gutted in f |
| This is sixth such incident in a month after the Nandaram market blaze.
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| INDIA
, 18-February-2008
0:59:39 AM |
| Property worth crores was gutted in a fire at a leather-manufacturing unit at Kasba industrial estate on Sunday.
This is sixth such incident in a month after the Nandaram market blaze.
Twenty four fire tenders took six hours to bring the fire under control.
''The situation is under control now and the entire thing will be normal in another three hours,'' a fire officer said.
Local residents noticed smoke billowing out of XL Enterprise Pvt Ltd, a multi-storied manufacturing unit engaged in producing leather cigarette cases for export, at 8.30 am.
The industrial estate, housing small and medium scale manufacturers, is located in the southern suburbs of the metropolis.
State Fire Minister Pratim Chatterjee, who was on the spot said, ''There is only one exit point in the entire building. Moreover, all the companies functioning over here do not have any fire fighting equipment.''
''The raw materials such as leather, chemical goods and colour are highly inflammable but the companies do very little to take precautionary measures,'' Chatterjee added.
Proprietor of the company Sajal Dutta was not available for comment but technical director Susobhan Dasgupta said, ''We are yet to assess the loss of the property. It is certain that it will not be less than Rs 2 crore.''
''We have a working force of 200 but as it is a Sunday there has been no casualty. Had it been any other day, it would have been a mess,'' Dasgupta said.
''Fire tenders came long after we had informed them. Had they arrived earlier, the loss could have been minimised,'' he added
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