Fire breaks out at loader in Vizag Port Trust

VISAKHAPATNAM: A conveyor belt caught fire at a loader of Vedanta Private Limited in

Vizag Port Trust

(VPT) on Monday evening.

No causalities or injuries were reported. Port workers suspect that the fire erupted due to a rupture or a short circuit.

Five fire tenders rushed to the port including three from the city fire station.

“The fire broke out around 4.30pm. We sent two fire tenders and a Bronto skylift to douse the fire,” the district fire officer B Srinivasa Reddy told TOI.