Kolkata, Oct. 21 -- A massive fire destroyed a medium-sized chemical factory as well as a hosiery factory in the vicinity in a razing blaze in West Bengal's industrial hub of Barrackpore in the Northstored, 24 Parganas district, official sources said today.
As many as 20 fire tender vehicles and nearly 100 personnel were engaged to combat the leaping flames when the reports came in from the district. There had been no casualty in the double blaze so far, sources said.
The fire, which was first noticed around 5 AM, spread all over rapidly in the factory where the raw materials were stored and sounds of repeated explosions happened, eyewitnesses said.
The area was covered with thick black smoke and rolling fireballs spread quickly to an ad...