Vizag Fire

Three air-conditioned coaches of an empty stationary express train were gutted in a fire accident at Visakhapatnam Railway Station on Sunday, police said.

MS Dhoni's 16-ball 37 set Vizag on fire as crowd witnessed an epic performance, albeit in a losing cause for CSK.

Although Jaiswal played a knock of 80 in the first innings of his fifth Test, Gill and Iyer failed to fire, continuing their struggles in the format. While Gill has played 21 Tests, Iyer has appeared in 13 five-day games.

A cigarette butt carelessly discarded on a boat sparked the massive fire in Visakhapatnam jetty, which destroyed over 30 fishing vessels, said police on Saturday.

About 23 fishing boats turned to ashes in a massive fire at a fishing harbour in Visakhapatnam last night. The estimated loss in the shocking incident is Rs 30 crore.

Indian drugmaker Laurus Labs said on Tuesday that four of its employees died following a flash fire in a room in a manufacturing block of its plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

State run Hindustan Petroleum has shut a 70,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude unit at its Vizag refinery in Southern India after a fire broke out at about 15:00 pm local time on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.

Eight people including a child reportedly died after toxic gas leaked from a chemical plant of a multinational firm in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. 200 people have been admitted to hospital. Ambulances, fire engines and policemen have reached the chemical plant, officials said.

Two cinema theatres were gutted in a huge fire in the city today, the police said. No casualties have been reported.

Nearly 36 hours after a major fire broke out at a biofuel plant near Visakhapatnam, the blaze is yet to be out. Officials said the fire could burn on till Thursday noon. So far, 40 fire engines - including 20 from the Navy - have been deployed to control the blaze and more than 9,000 litres of foam have been used.

Hindustan Petroleum Corp aims to restart a catalytic reformer (CCR) petrol-making unit by Saturday following a minor fire caused by a leak, its head of refineries B.K. Namdeo told Reuters.

Fire officials in the cyclone-ravaged Visakhapatnam are fully geared up to meet any eventuality in view of dry and combustible debris lying strewn on streets in various parts of the port city including fallen and uprooted trees.

A minor fire broke out on INS Konkan at the dry dock at Visakhapatnam this evening.

With one more worker succumbing to burn injuries at a local hospital, the death toll in the fire that broke out at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited's premises in Visakhapatnam last month has risen to 28.

Tension prevailed at Simhadri power unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Parawada in the district on Thursday, when CISF jawans opened fire in the air to disperse protesters staging a sit-in outside the plant, police said.

Three air-conditioned coaches of an empty stationary express train were gutted in a fire accident at Visakhapatnam Railway Station on Sunday, police said.

MS Dhoni's 16-ball 37 set Vizag on fire as crowd witnessed an epic performance, albeit in a losing cause for CSK.

Although Jaiswal played a knock of 80 in the first innings of his fifth Test, Gill and Iyer failed to fire, continuing their struggles in the format. While Gill has played 21 Tests, Iyer has appeared in 13 five-day games.

A cigarette butt carelessly discarded on a boat sparked the massive fire in Visakhapatnam jetty, which destroyed over 30 fishing vessels, said police on Saturday.

About 23 fishing boats turned to ashes in a massive fire at a fishing harbour in Visakhapatnam last night. The estimated loss in the shocking incident is Rs 30 crore.

Indian drugmaker Laurus Labs said on Tuesday that four of its employees died following a flash fire in a room in a manufacturing block of its plant in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

State run Hindustan Petroleum has shut a 70,000 barrel per day (bpd) crude unit at its Vizag refinery in Southern India after a fire broke out at about 15:00 pm local time on Tuesday, the company said in a statement.

Eight people including a child reportedly died after toxic gas leaked from a chemical plant of a multinational firm in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam. 200 people have been admitted to hospital. Ambulances, fire engines and policemen have reached the chemical plant, officials said.

Two cinema theatres were gutted in a huge fire in the city today, the police said. No casualties have been reported.

Nearly 36 hours after a major fire broke out at a biofuel plant near Visakhapatnam, the blaze is yet to be out. Officials said the fire could burn on till Thursday noon. So far, 40 fire engines - including 20 from the Navy - have been deployed to control the blaze and more than 9,000 litres of foam have been used.

Hindustan Petroleum Corp aims to restart a catalytic reformer (CCR) petrol-making unit by Saturday following a minor fire caused by a leak, its head of refineries B.K. Namdeo told Reuters.

Fire officials in the cyclone-ravaged Visakhapatnam are fully geared up to meet any eventuality in view of dry and combustible debris lying strewn on streets in various parts of the port city including fallen and uprooted trees.

A minor fire broke out on INS Konkan at the dry dock at Visakhapatnam this evening.

With one more worker succumbing to burn injuries at a local hospital, the death toll in the fire that broke out at the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited's premises in Visakhapatnam last month has risen to 28.

Tension prevailed at Simhadri power unit of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) at Parawada in the district on Thursday, when CISF jawans opened fire in the air to disperse protesters staging a sit-in outside the plant, police said.