Kolkata, January 12: Local train services were disrupted when a blaze broke out today in a slum near Bidhanagar railway station here, a portion of which also caught fire, railway officials said. The fire from the slum beside the railway tracks spread to Bidhanagar station, which led the railway authorities to suspend the rail service in Sealdah North Section, they said, adding that the fire at the railway station was brought under control.
The blaze, caused by a gas cylinder explosion, reduced 60 dwellings in the slum to ashes, however there was no casualty, fire brigade officials said. The fire brigade arrived late at the accident site due to a road blockade by autorickshaw owners at Ultadanga to demand more LPG outlets for three-wheelers, the officials said.
The delay in the arrival of the fire brigade resulted in the blaze to spread to the station, they added.
—PTI–