Fire breaks out in Kolkata's New Town, 2 suffer burn injuries

Kolkata: Two persons suffered burn injuries and some temporary shops were also damaged after a fire broke out in New Town area here on Thursday morning, fire brigade officials said.

The fire was reported at 4.30 am from action area-III of New Town, opposite Shapoorji complex. Four fire tenders were pressed into action. "It took the fire fighters three hours to completely douse the fire," they said.

Two persons - one fire fighter and a local - received minor burns, they added. The cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, the officials said.

The locals claimed that they heard a sound of LPG cylinder explosion and 30 temporary shops were gutted in the incident.

(With inputs from PTI)