Fire breaks out in Unnao plastic unit

KANPUR: A major fire broke out in a plastic factory in Unnao on Thursday. Several fire tenders reached the spot to douse the flames. The fire fighting operation lasted for three hours.
No casualty or injury has been reported yet. The reason behind the incident was pointed to a short circuit.
According to fire department officials, information of the fire at the plastic factory reached them at 10:15 a.m.All the fire tenders from district fire department were requisitioned to put out the fire at the factory. Property worth lakhs has been gutted.
The factory that manufactures fibre sheets is located in Akrampur Industrial area.
The fire broke out apparently following a short circuit and presence of large quantities of plastic raw material ignited the fire further, said fire official Shiv Daras.
The staff who had turned up for duty was evacuated safely. Residents of the nearby houses have also been evacuated, he added.
According to a worker at the factory, the fire began from the second floor of the factory and spread to the adjacent manufacturing facility too.