Fire at mat making company, products worth Rs 5cr gutted

CHENNAI: Fire broke out at a mat manufacturing unit at Ponneri in Tiruvallur district on Tuesday morning. Police said a short circuit could have triggered the blaze. The fire gutted products worth nearly Rs 5 crore.
Fire fighters from SIPCOT industrial estate in Gumidipoondi and Tiruvallur fought the blaze; it took nearly two hours for 30 of them to douse the fi re.No injuries or casualty was repor ted.
Police said the manufacturing unit is located in Sainavaram near Tiruval lur. The watchman alerted the fire and rescue services person nel and police.
Thousands of tyres were destroyed in the blaze. The unit uses tyres in manufacturing mats.