A major fire broke out at a cement bag manufacturing factory in Byrnihat, on the Assam side of the inter-state border last night.
No casualty was reported. Fire extinguishers both from Meghalaya and Assam were put into service to douse the fire that took almost six hours.
Sources informed that the cause of fire incident is yet to be ascertained. The total damage caused by the fire has been estimated to be around Rs 40 crore.