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Agro-factory gutted in blaze in UP

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Press Trust of India Bulandshahr
An agro-factory at Khurja Town near here was gutted in a fire, supposedly by a cracker.

The owner of Kisan Micro Factory, Naveen Gupta claimed that there has been a loss of Rs 70 lakhs in yesterday's incident.

It took five hours to extinguish the flames by three fire tenders. No loss of life was reported in the incident," Chief Fire Officer(CFO) Mohd. Shahid said.

The fire was supposedly caused by a cracker during Diwali in rice husk-the raw material used in manufacture of cattle feed, Gupta said.

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First Published: Nov 01 2016 | 4:48 PM IST

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