Major fire at bio-diesel company in Vizag

April 27, 2016 07:58

A massive fire broke out at Biomax Fuels Limited, a bio-diesel manufacturing unit in the Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone, Duvvada area. No casualties were reported in the incident, they said.

"Eight fire engines reached the spot and two fire engines with chemical foam were requisitioned from HPCL and Eastern Naval Command to put off the fire," District Fire Officer J M Rao said.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and the fire tenders were unable to reach the storage area

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