Kolkata: Fire breaks out at Alipore court premises

KOLKATA: Panic broke out at the Alipore court premises on Thursday evening when a fire erupted at a West Bengal government run milk, eggs, meat and livestock sellers outlet around 5pm. Flames were seen leaping out of the Sundarini outlet – a unit of Sunderbans Co operative Milk and Livestock Producers Union Ltd as the employees rushed out of the store.

Four fire tenders were pressed into service that brought the fire under control in one and half hours. No one was hurt but the lawyers, employees at the government offices and local people visiting the court panicked seeing the fire. The area was however cordoned off by the police as firemen doused the fire.

The outlet situated inside the Alipore court premises was set up in 2016 in collaboration with WBLDC Ltd. The outlet stocked SUNDARINI Cow Ghee, Eggs, Wild Honey and different meat and meat based products by Haringhata Meat. Apart from the Alipore court, the premises houses the office of the south 24 parganas District Magistrate, office of the motor vehicles department, an art gallery, two government offices and chambers of hundreds of lawyers.