SHOCKING!!Fire in Chennai silks!!450 CRORE LOSS
A major portion of seven-storeyed Chennai Silks building on Usman Road in T.Nagar, crumbled during the early morning hours of June 1, 2017, after a major fire accident in the building on Wednesday.
Almost 32 hours later, the fire brigade are still making full efforts to control the flames. The fire was triggered time and again thereby causing the front portion of the building to destroy with no trace.
Usman Road area has been barricaded and public and media are not allowed near the scene due to extreme air pollution where debris remains of the destroyed building are found here and there.
The estimated loss could not be immediately figured out , sources said dress material worth several crores of rupees were gutted and gold ornaments and silver articles were beyond assumption. The estimated loss is around Rs.420 crore.