A major fire broke out at Sudamdih Coal Washery in Dhanbad district on Wednesday afternoon. Though no casualties have been reported. but the fire was so enormous that it took firefighters three hours to douse it officials said.
According to an eyewitness about 3 pm a fire erupted in the washery. “Five firefighting vehicles and hundreds of local peoples joined hands for the rescue”, he said We are probing the reasons behind the eruption of fire in the unit, said an official. “Right now its’ quite difficult to assess the actual loss but it might be in crores”, he added.