CHENNAI: Firemen attempting to douse the flames at a polymer plate processing unit on Anna Salai on Tuesday, who were initially unable to enter the area due to the thick, chemical-filled smoke, could be seen spraying foam through a window from a ladder outside the building. “The firm stored highly combustible material and that caused the enormous amount of smoke,” said Priya Ravichandran, Divisional Officer (Central) of the Fire & Rescue Services department.Assistant Commissioner of Police (Triplicane) Senthil Kumaran and his team were present to deal with any eventuality, while CoP J K Tripathy arrived around 11.30 am to take stock of the situation. Fire officers said the exact loss of property could not be estimated immediately. Fingers were pointed at the firm owners for running a “manufacturing unit in a commercial complex”. Other occupants of the building said the firm did not even possess fire extinguishers and the owner had to fetch two from a bank on the first floor. Denying the charges, the owner’s brother, Kaushik, said Jignesh’s firm possessed licences issued by the Corporation and the fire department.
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