Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 22:06 IST
At least 24 fire tenders were pressed into service as the fire broke out at 6.55 pm in the Hazari Bustee on Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue beside the Bagbazar Women s College near the Chitpore Lock Gate Bridge. Image for representation only.
Kolkata: At least 40 shanties were gutted as a major fire broke out at a slum in north Kolkata s Bagbazar area on Wednesday evening with firefighters struggling for hours to bring the blaze under control, officials said.
At least 24 fire tenders were pressed into service as the fire broke out at 6.55 pm in the Hazari Bustee on Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue beside the Bagbazar Women s College near the Chitpore Lock Gate Bridge, they said.
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Major Fire At Kolkata Slum Leaves Hundreds Homeless, Blaze Under Control After 4hrs
A slum in north Kolkata s Bagbazar area was turned into ashes as a major fire broke out on Wednesday evening, leaving hundreds of people homeless, officials said. Twenty-seven fire tenders took around four hours to control the blaze that broke out around 6.55 pm in the Hazari Bustee on Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue beside the Bagbazar Women s College near the Chitpore Lock Gate Bridge, they said.
FOLLOW US ON: Kolkata, Jan 13: A slum in north Kolkata’s Bagbazar area was turned into ashes as a major fire broke out on Wednesday evening, leaving hundreds of people homeless, officials said. Twenty-seven fire tenders took around four hours to control the blaze that broke out around 6.55 pm in the Hazari Bustee on Kshirode Vidyavinode Avenue beside the Bagbazar Women’s College near the Chitpore Lock Gate Bridge, they said.
A major fire broke out in Kolkata s Bagbazar area on Wednesday evening, West Bengal fire services officials said.As many as 27 fire engines were pressed into service to douse the blaze. The fire broke out at around 7 pm at Chitpore Lock Gate .