Fire that broke out around 5 am quickly spread through the facility.
The flames and thick smoke billowing out from the sawmill was visible from a distance. “We suspect that fire was caused due to short-circuit and spread due to presence of wood. Our staff doused the flamed in less than an hour, but the smoke had spread in the area,” said a fire official.
Huge flames and smoke had created panic among workers of other units of the industrial estate, yet hundreds crowded outside the sawmill.
“There were no casualties as the unit had been evacuated in time, but everything was gutted,” the fire official said.