SONIPAT: A massive fire broke out early on Sunday, November 8, at a four-storey plastic goods factory in the Kundli industrial area of Haryana's Sonipat district, near the Delhi border, the news agency ANI reported.

Source: ANI via Top Indian News

The fire was reported at Placero International Private Limited, a water bottle manufacturing factory, and the fire department received information about the blaze at around 5 am, Jagran English reported. Flames quickly reached the factory's upper floors and engulfed major parts of the building.

Source: Jagran English

About 10 to 12 fire tenders were deployed at the spot, and tenders from other stations were also called in as the fire spread, according to reports from the scene. Because the factory makes plastic household products, controlling the blaze proved difficult.

Such was the intensity of the fire that even after about five hours, firefighters were still unable to enter the factory, officials at the scene said.

No injuries were reported. As it was a Sunday, no workers were present inside the factory when the fire broke out, according to the reports.

The factory owner suggested the blaze may have followed a short circuit, but the exact cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained, Jagran English reported.