Jabalpur, Oct. 19 -- A massive fire broke out at a biscuit factory located in the Richaai industrial area in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district on Monday afternoon, prompting the administration to deploy around eight fire tenders to control the blaze, an official said.

The incident was reported under the Adhartal police station limits in the district at around 2:30 pm on Monday. Upon receiving the information about the incident, the fire tenders were immediately deployed to the spot and began firefighting.

Jabalpur Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Manish Bhardwaj said, "We received information about a fire incident in the Richaai industrial area under the Adhartal police station limits. The police immediately reached the spot, ...