WB: Fire at food plaza in Howrah Station, no casualties reported

dynamitenews.com
Kolkata/ 16 December 2016. A fire broke out in a food plaza at the Howrah Station old complex on Friday morning.

No casualties have been reported.

Five fire engines were pressed into service to douse the fire that broke out in early morning hours within minutes, six fire tenders reached the spot. In addition, the government railway police, the railway police force and other railways officers rushed to the spot immediately.

The fire fighting operation lasted for an hour and now the fire is under control. 

The cause of the fire has not been identified. The fire department officials, however, the cause will be ascertained and an investigation will soon begin.

It will also be probed whether any fire fighting measures were flouted by the food plaza.

Howrah station is the one of the busiest and the oldest railway stations of the country. Both the eastern and the south-eastern railways operate from the Howrah station. (With PTI inputs)