Fire destroys puffed-rice factory

[caption id="attachment_101011" align="aligncenter" width="560"] Personnel of the Dimapur Fire department at the razed factory on Friday. (EM Images)[/caption]   Dimapur, March 3 : Fire broke out at a puffed-rice factory at Signal Bazar’s Kuki Basti in Dimapur on Friday, March 3. Personnel of the Dimapur Fire department informed that the incident occurred around 7 pm. The cause of fire was believed to be short circuit. The factory was said to have been closed at the time of the incident. The thatched factory had two rooms that were completely destroyed in the inferno. Four fire tenders were pressed into service. It took around an hour to contain the fire from spreading to adjacent houses, the fire personnel informed. No casualties have been reported, the officials informed.