Kolkata:
A major fire broke out in a tannery and spread swiftly to an adjacent slum close to a five-star hotel and Science City, an educational park, in Kolkata on Friday.
Twenty fire engines were rushed to the spot. The fire is now under control.
(See Pics)Interestingly, the fire chief was passing by the area when he saw the smoke and immediately called in the engines, even before the police or the locals had called the fire department.
The fire resulted in a massive traffic jam on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. The cause of the fire was not immediately known.