Kolkata, Mar 27 (PTI) A fire broke out in a slum in south Kolkata’s Dhakuria area on Wednesday, gutting a few shanties, officials said.
The blaze, which broke out in the slum located along the railway tracks, affected suburban train services on the Sealdah-Baruipur line in the Eastern Railway’s Sealdah South section, they said.
Seven fire tenders brought the blaze under control, they said.
There was no report of any injury to anyone, a police officer said, adding that a couple of shanties were gutted.
One of the affected persons, however, claimed that at least 10 shanties were gutted in the fire. PTI AMR SOM
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