Kolkata, Oct 29 (PTI) A fire broke out at a closed icecream factory in Kidderpore area of the southern part of themetropolis today, officials said.
Nobody was injured in the fire which broke out at about9.45 AM on the ground floor of the four-storey building, afire department official said.
Three fire tenders were pressed into service and it wasdoused by 10.20 AM, he said.
The fire might have caused by sparks from a wielding workon the first floor of the building igniting some inflammablearticles stacked inside the factory, he said.
"There was a huge smoke that engulfed the neighbourhoodand as a precautionary measure we evacuated the residentialbuildings around it. The workers who were working on the firstfloor of the building were also rescued," he said. PTI SCH PRPR.
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