Heavy Fire broke out at SERly’s New Koilaghat building, Kolkata today

Kolkata: Fire broke out on the 13th floor of a multi-storeyed building, housing offices of the Railways, on Strand Road here on toda evening, 8th March, an official said.

At least 10 fire engines were pressed into service to bring the blaze under control, a Fire Brigade official said.

There is no report of injury to anyone so far, he said, adding that the fire was reported at 6.10 pm.

The blaze broke out at New Koilaghat building, which is shared by the Eastern Railway and the South Eastern Railway, Eastern Railway spokesman Kamal Deo Das said.

The building houses offices of the two Zonal Railways and also has a computerised ticket booking centre on its ground floor, Das said.

A Kolkata Police officer said traffic on Strand Road was stopped to speed up the process of dousing the fire.

“We are fighting the fire. We have evacuated most floors of the building,” he said.

Source: PTI