Major fire in ink factory at Silvassa, no loss of life

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 20:54 [IST]

Silvassa, Mar 14 (UNI) A major fire broke out in an ink plant at village Morkal, about 20 km from here, on the Vapi border today.

Police said the fire broke out at 1500 hrs in an ink-mixing tank of Micro Ink (earlier Hindustan Ink) presumably due to a short-circuit.

Billowing smoke and searing flames were seen soon after the fire outbreak. The blaze has been brought under control by the company's fire-fighting system in association with the Silvass fire brigade.

No loss to life was reported, though there was extensive damage to materials, police added.

UNI

Topics: FIRE-GUJ

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