A fire broke out at a building which houses five startup firms, inside the Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) in Tambaram, late on Wednesday night. No one was injured in the incident.
The fire started at a building called Agaram, due to an electrical short-circuit. The building was commissioned for the purpose of housing startup firms on its premises.
Robin Castro, District Fire Officer (South) Chennai said, “On receipt of information, our personnel from five stations rushed to the spot with water tenders and other equipment. The fire was confined within a space of around 1,000 square feet. After fighting for three hours, the fire was contained and put out completely.”
Sources said mostly wooden materials such as work stations, wooden partitions and a few computer peripherals were gutted in the fire.
The police have registered a case and further investigations are on.
