Plastic unit at Amberpet catches fire

Hyderabad: A Plastic manufacturing unit caught fire at Amberpet on Monday. The mishap occurred at around 9.15 am, when fire broke due to short circuit at Khan Plastics at Lalbagh in Amberpet area.

Fire fighters recovered property worth Rs 15 lakhs from being burnt, while property worth Rs 13 lakhs was burnt.

Fire fighters from Malakpet, Musheerabad and Gowliguda rushed to the spot and doused the fire by noon.

Fire broke in the unit, before the workers came to work on Monday. However, no casualties were reported in the incident.