Odisha, March 6 -- At least 12 boats were destroyed in a massive fire at Paradip Fishing Port in Jagatsinghpur on Thursday evening.

So far, there is no report about any person getting injured in the fire incident. However, there has been a huge loss of property.

A team of fire brigade is at the spot and efforts are underway to douse the blaze.

Though the exact reason behind the fire is yet to be determined, Kalinga TV quoted sources as saying that a fishing boat named Pita Matanka Aashirbad caught fire, following which, the fire spread to other diesel-powered boats which were kept together.

The boats were parked at jetty No 1 of the Nehru Bungalow fishing harbor. Each boat reportedly contains over 3000 littres of diesel.

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