A massive fire broke out at an eatery in Park Street area of West Bengal's Kolkata on Tuesday, prompting a dousing operation for which several fire tenders rushed to the spot.
The fire triggered panic among local people, an official said, adding that no casualties were reported in the incident. The Deputy Commissioner of Police (South Division), Calcutta Police, Priyabrata Roy confirmed no one was present inside the building when it caught fire.
At least nine fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze, first spotted around 10.50 am, news agency PTI quoted the official as saying. He said that a disaster management team has also been deployed there.
As the fire broke out at the restaurant adjacent to a multi-storied building on Park Street, people from nearby residential buildings and offices came out on the street in fear.
Firefighters managed to bring the blaze under control and they are still working, the official said.
As a precautionary measure, adjoining buildings were evacuated and cooking cylinders inside the restaurant were brought out from the blaze before they could cause further damage, a report in telegraphindia.com mentioned.
