Fire on 28th floor of Kolkata's South City complex; residents evacuated, no injuries
Seven to eight fire engines were sent to the high-rise on Prince Anwar Shah Road on Friday morning. The cause is under investigation.
A fire broke out in a flat on the 28th floor of Tower 3 at the South City residential complex on Prince Anwar Shah Road in south Kolkata on Friday morning, October 30. No one was hurt, according to fire officials quoted by IANS and ETV Bharat.
Reports differ on the timing and the scale of the response. A fire department official told IANS that the call came in at around 8 am and that eight fire engines were sent. ETV Bharat, in a Bengali report, said the fire was noticed at about 9:15 am in a storeroom of the flat, that seven engines attended, and that the blaze was brought under control within about 40 minutes. Bartaman also reported seven engines.
All residents of the tower were evacuated, IANS reported. Police, firefighters and staff from the power utility were at the site. A fire official said the fire had been largely contained and was unlikely to spread again.
The cause is not yet known. Officials said it would be investigated once firefighting was complete.
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