Several people are feared trapped after a massive fire broke out in a mall in Kolkata on Friday.
Upon receiving an alert about the fire at Kolkata’s Acropolis Mall, at least ten fire tenders were rushed by the fire department to douse the blaze.
Fire department officials were also vacating people from offices that operate from inside the mall.
A fire broke out at the food court on the fifth floor of Acropolis Mall on Friday afternoon. No casualties have been reported. Visitors to the malls are being escorted out of the mall through the blanket of smoke.
Ten fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze which broke out at the mall in Kasba area, an official said.
“As of now, there is no report of any injury. Firefighting operations are underway. Some firefighters have entered the building wearing oxygen masks,” the official told the media.
The entire area was engulfed in smoke and traffic movement in front of the mall has been regulated, a senior officer of Kolkata Traffic Police said.
This is the second such incident in the city since Tuesday.
(It is a developing story)
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