BREAKING NEWS: Fire Engine Set on Fire - Kolkata
The mob has set fire to a fire engine?!?! Yes, that is correct. The mob has set fire to a fire engine and damaged police cars.
The fire cannot be contained since the mob is not allowing the authorities inside. The police and the Fire Department have retreated from the scene due to mob violence. As reported by Uday Adhikary, Fireman.
Mob violence is HUGE at this time. Some residents feel it is a conspiracy.
Some sources feel that the shanties become so dry during summer that, that might have caused the fire. People in the shanties apparently keep petrol and diesel. That might be a cause also.
Firemen and police have been assaulted by the mob. They cannot reach the scene of the fire due to the mob. They feel that if they cannot reach the scene, the damage done to property will be immense.
Traffic is at a stand still at this area in Kolkata.