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Fire destroys around 300 flower shops in Kolkata
April 12
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News Desk / IANS Around 300 shops were destroyed in a fire that
devastated the wholesale flower market near Howrah Bridge in Kolkata Friday. The incident took place at the Jagannath Ghat wholesale flower market in north Kolkata.
Fire Brigade officials said that a cylinder kept at the trade union office burst at around 8.30 p.m. As there were combustible objects like plastic and hay in the room the fire spread rapidly and engulfed adjoining 256 flower shops.
Sixteen fire engines rushed to the spot and could control the flames after two hours. The flower traders said they have suffered heavy losses due to this fire.
Ramesh Kundu, a fire trader whose shop has been burnt in fire, told IANS: ” Each one of us has suffered a loss of minimum Rs.80,000. With Bengali New Year on April 14 we had stocked four times more flowers than usual. Now this fire has turned us into beggars.”
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Around 300 shops were destroyed in a fire that devastated the wholesale flower market near Howrah Bridge in Kolkata Friday. The incident took place at the Jagannath Ghat wholesale flower market in north Kolkata.
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