Overview
- Fire broke out around 4.20 pm at a pub-cum-restaurant in the Globsyn Crystals complex in Salt Lake’s Sector V.
- All occupants were evacuated and police reported no one trapped, with no major injuries, though one employee was treated for panic and smoke inhalation.
- Fire crews brought the blaze under control within about 40 minutes after arriving at the site.
- Reports differ on deployment, with two to three fire tenders used, and State Fire Minister Sujit Bose visited to review the response.
- An official inspection by NDITA found the firefighting system functioning, and investigators are examining a possible electrical fault in the kitchen as the cause.