December 19, 2014 11:35 pm | Updated 11:35 pm IST
A fire service man puts out flames at a dairy unit in Ongole. Photo : Kommuri Srinivas
Fire broke out at the milk powder manufacturing unit of the Ongole Dairy late on Thursday night. No one was hurt in the incident, as fire service personnel put out the flames taking more than three hours, Ongole Fire Officer M.V. Subba Rao said on Friday. There were more than 100 workers at the unit at the time of the incident.
Sources in the dairy said the fire, caused by a radiator blast, resulted in a loss of more than Rs. 2 crore.
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