Massive fire breaks out at BSNL building in Salt Lake City, Kolkata

A massive has broken out at the BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) building in Salt Lake City (Bidhannagar) in Kolkata, according to media reports. Huge smoke was seen coming out of the BSNL building. Six fire tenders have reached the spot and carrying out the fire fighting operations.

West Bengal: Smoke seen rising out of the BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) building in Salt lake City (Bidhannagar). 6 fire tenders are present at the spot. More details awaited. pic.twitter.com/cDi741Of7O

— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2019

Fire minister Sujit Bose has also been reported to have reached the spot. There are no reports of any casualties or of any person being trapped inside the BSNL building.

The Kolkata BSNL fire has come just hours after a massive fire broke out at the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) building in Bandra, Mumbai.

The Mumbai MTNL fire incident happened at around 3 pm. The civic officials later said that nearly 100 persons were trapped on the terrace of a Mumbai telephone exchange building.