Minor fire incident at Visakhapatnam Steel Plant; no damage reported

A minor fire broke out in a blast furnace at the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant on Friday. No one suffered any injury and no damage occurred to the equipment, a press release from the steel plant said here. One of the tuyers of Blast Furnance -3 in the plant burst at around 9 am, resulting in the minor blaze. The fire was doused immediately and the blast furnace shut down safely for further inspection and subsequent restarting, the release added.

(With inputs from agencies.)