VISAKHAPATNAM: A fire broke out in the container yard close to
Vizag International Airport on Monday afternoon.
As per preliminary information, the
fire incident happened in one of the containers in the yard.
A hazardous chemical called Aluminum Fluoride caught fire in a container yard gutting it completely.
The loss of property in the incident was estimated to be around Rs 10 lakh. The cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.
District fire officer
Ram Prakash told TOI that they doused the fire with two fire tenders.
"Our men successfully doused the fire within one hour and it was confined to only one container as we arrested the fire," the
fire department officer said.