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Major fire at Madras Export Processing Zone

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It broke out in a cosmetics manufacturing unit

TAMBARAM: A major fire broke out at a cosmetics manufacturing unit inside the Madras Export Processing Zone here on Friday. It broke out at one of the units of Suntara Cosmetics India around 12.30 a.m. and continued to rage even after 6 p.m. While no one was injured, finished goods and raw materials worth several lakhs of rupees were destroyed, said representatives of the company.

The fire broke out in the eyeliners and lipliners unit. The company has another unit in the MEPZ where perfumes are manufactured.

The company representatives said all the 100-odd employees had left the factory on Thursday evening, leaving behind only a couple of security guards on duty. One of them noticed smoke billowing out from the southern end of the godown, where most of the finished goods were stocked. Senior company executives, officials of the MEPZ and neighbouring units were alerted.

A Divisional Fire Officer who was on duty said the Fire Control Room received the call nearly an hour after the fire was noticed. More than a dozen water and foam tenders from Tambaram, Guindy, Raj Bhavan, Teynampet and Maraimalai Nagar Fire Stations rushed to the spot. Water tankers of the Pallavaram and Tambaram Municipalities and those of private operators were deployed.

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