On Tuesday night, At Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh a huge fire broke out at a biodiesel unit , the report of casualties yet not known.

According to the official’s information, “About 40 fire engines were sent to control the blaze that started in the facilities of a company called Biomax in the Duvvada Special Economic Zone around 7:30 pm. There were 18 tanks of fuel and raw materials at the facility, 12 of which caught fire” The fire ‘s flame could be seen on Wednesday morning too.

As per the Firefighters, “all the fuel in the tanks will need to be burnt out before the blaze can be put out”

Approx 15 employees at the plant, all of whom managed to escape in time and are safe. The origin of the fire is not yet known but it is thought to have resulted in a loss of around Rs.120 crore. Each of the tanks that burnt out had an aptitude of 3,000 litres and were filled between 30 to 70 %.

“Ganta Srinivasa Rao(Human Resources Development Minister) hurried to the sight to monitor the circumstances. Quick coordination with the firefighting agencies managed to keep six of the tanks from the blaze”, authorities said.

CM N. Chandrababu Naidu spoke to top district civil, police officials and as well with the naval authorities. “We have sent eight fire extinguishers; will see what best we can do," said Ravindra, Indian Navy Commander