Karnataka
Karnataka: Fire engulfs factory in Kukundur
Karkala/UNI: A fire broke out at a cashew factory in Kukundur area near here, reducing the entire factory and two trucks into ashes.
Police said on Tuesday that the fire started at midnight on Monday at Maruti Industries.
Workers sleeping nearby immediately called the owner of the factory and also alerted the fire service.
Due to cashew skins and oil being stocked in the factory, the fire spread very quickly.
Three fire service personnel arrived at the spot but were unable to fully extinguish the fire.
Owner of the factory Prakash stated that approximately Rs 1.5 crore was lost in the fire.
A case has been registered at Karkala police.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
