{"id":13110,"date":"2021-09-12T12:32:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T07:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/?p=13110"},"modified":"2021-09-12T14:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T08:35:09","slug":"massive-fire-in-illegal-kolkata-godown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/massive-fire-in-illegal-kolkata-godown\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive fire in illegal Kolkata godown"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13110\" class=\"elementor elementor-13110\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15d56257 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15d56257\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-107cb75\" data-id=\"107cb75\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6acbe9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6acbe9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kolkata, September 11, 2021 : At around 9 on Saturday morning locals noticed thick clouds of smoke blowing out of one of the godowns of Garden Reach FCI warehouse in Kolkata. 20 fire engines and firefighting teams that arrived around 11 am could be seen fighting hard to bring the raging fire under control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13097\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13097\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13097 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2485-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2485-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2485-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2485-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Fire &#8211; Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Divisional Fire Officer of the fire department of North 24 Paragana District stated that initially 5 fire engines arrived, but\u00a0 as the situation was worse than anticipated, 5 more engines were called in for support. Even with the additional fire engines it soon became evident that\u00a0 the situation was fast spiraling out of control, 10 more engines were called in from different areas, getting the tally upto 20 fire engines. <span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\">Health department officials and disaster management workers were working side by side with them.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13089\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13089 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2209-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2209-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2209-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2209-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Operation &#8211; Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\">The area affected by the fire also includes some parts that are under the jurisdiction of The Calcutta Port Trust. Around 6 vehicles of The Calcutta Port Trust were therefore also deputed on the site to try and tame the raging inferno. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13098\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13098 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2511-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2511-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2511-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2511-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The Saviors &#8211; Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\"><em>The Divisional Fire Officer present on the site<\/em> also added that the godown compound didn&#8217;t have a water source therefore water had to be sourced from a water body known as Nature Park that falls under the New Santoshpur Road area by setting up a tailored pump. The situation was so grave that a JCB machine had to be used to dig through the burning building to create an entrance for the fire fighting teams.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13103\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13103\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13103 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2760-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2760-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2760-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2760-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13103\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Firefighters at work &#8211; Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\">The shabbily planned godown\u00a0 did not have any emergency evacuation plan. No human casualties have been reported till now although the property loss has been immense. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\">More than 10 godowns containing mainly electronics and home appliances have been destroyed by the raging fire. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\">People living in the surrounding areas were shocked as they witnessed the accident unfolding in front of their eyes.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13119\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13119\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13119 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2488-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2488-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2488-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2488-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Fire fighters using a robot to control the fire at Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\">The official statement by the state fire services Minister Sri Sujit Bose revealed that the materials stored in the godowns were illegal and no compensation will be paid to the owners and no insurance cover will be provided as well.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13090\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13090 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2231-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2231-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2231-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2231-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The calamity Soldiers &#8211; Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var(--c-contrast-800);\"> The reason for the fire breakout is still unknown and an official investigation by the Kolkata Police Department is underway. The statement by the Minister also stated that legal notices will be handed over to the godown owners for not maintaining the proper emergency safety protocols.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has-el-gap el-gap-default elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfecdcf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfecdcf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c26e86d\" data-id=\"c26e86d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28a553 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"c28a553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2288-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Saviors - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Saviors - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2312-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Saviors - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Saviors - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2379-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Saviors - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Saviors - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"4 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2512-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Saviors -  Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Saviors -  Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"5 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2842-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Aftermath -Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Aftermath -Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"6 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2877-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters at work - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Firefighters at work - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"7 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2897-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters at work - arden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Firefighters at work - arden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"8 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2165-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Lone Fighter- Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Lone Fighter- Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"9 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2163-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Operation - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Operation - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"10 of 10\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/medialit.in\/thevoices\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DSC2599-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"The Aftermath - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  Photo by Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay, September 11, 2021.\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">The Aftermath - Garden Reach FCI Warehouse in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.  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