Kolkata: Fire breaks out at LIC building in Jawahar Lal Nehru road

10 fire tenders are at the spot.

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KOLKATA: A fire broke out at LIC building in central Kolkata's Jawahar Lal Nehru road on Thursday morning. Nearly 10 fire tenders are at spot. There are no reports of casualties so far.

The incident took place at around 10.20 am.  The fire broke out on the 16th floor and spread out to the 17th floor.

#WATCH: Fire continues to rage at LIC building on Jawahar Lal Nehru road in #Kolkata. 10 fire tenders working to douse the fire. #WestBengal pic.twitter.com/QWGgYy4mYL

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The floor housed the server room of the State Bank of India's global market office.

The chief general manager (Kolkata circle) of SBI, P P Sengupta, said there was no news of anyone getting stuck on the floor.

Ten fire tenders have been pressed into service to douse the raging fire on the 17th floor of Jeevan Sudha building, a fire brigade official said.

Eyewitnesses said the fire was fast spreading to the other floors of the building.

The building, which has 19 floors, houses offices of SBI and LIC branches and other financial organizations.

Wih agency inputs