Archive · 18 Aug 2026
Blaze guts plastic unit, godown at Siliguri Industrial Estate
A big fire broke out at a plastics factory in Siliguri on Monday.
The factory made plastic sheets, and the fire burned down the building and its storage godown.
The fire started around 11 o'clock in the morning.
People nearby saw the smoke and called the fire station.
Firefighters arrived with two fire engines and put out the fire by half past twelve.
The whole factory was destroyed, and nobody knows yet what caused the fire.
The police came to check the place, and the amount of damage is still unknown.
In another part of Siliguri, city workers removed shops that were built illegally over sewage pipes.
Blocked drains can make water stand still and let mosquitoes breed, which can spread diseases.
The city says these cleanup drives will continue.
A fire gutted a plastic sheet manufacturing unit and its godown at the Siliguri Industrial Estate, adjacent to Sevoke Road, on Monday.
The blaze broke out around 11am and was doused by 12.30pm by two fire tenders from the Siliguri fire station.
An official said the entire manufacturing unit was gutted and the cause of the fire will be ascertained only after an investigation.
Officials of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police inspected the spot, and the total loss caused by the blaze is yet to be determined.
Separately, the Siliguri Municipal Corporation removed unauthorised portions of establishments encroaching on sewerage lines at Pranami Mandir Road, a drive the SMC says will continue.
- Who
- Officials of the fire and emergency services department, Siliguri Metropolitan Police, and Siliguri Municipal Corporation Commissioner Vir Vikram Rai.
- What
- A fire gutted a plastic sheet manufacturing unit and its godown at the Siliguri Industrial Estate; the SMC also carried out an anti-encroachment drive at Pranami Mandir Road.
- When
- Monday; the fire broke out around 11am and was doused by 12.30pm.
- Where
- Siliguri Industrial Estate, adjacent to Sevoke Road, Siliguri, and Pranami Mandir Road, Siliguri.
- Why
- The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained; the anti-encroachment drive aimed to unblock sewerage lines to prevent water stagnation and mosquito breeding.
- Location
- Siliguri Industrial Estate, adjacent to Sevoke Road, Siliguri
- Property affected
- Plastic sheet manufacturing unit and its godown
- Fire broke out
- Around 11am on Monday
- Fire extinguished
- By 12.30pm
- Fire tenders deployed
- Two, from Siliguri fire station
- Status
- Entire manufacturing unit gutted; total loss yet to be determined
- Investigation
- Cause of fire to be ascertained after investigation
- Anti-encroachment drive
- Siliguri Municipal Corporation removed unauthorised portions at Pranami Mandir Road; drives will continue