Cuttack, June 1 -- A fire broke out at the fish market section of Cuttack's Link Road daily market section around 3:00 AM on Monday, officials said.

Fire continues to smoulder hours later, highlighting the intensity of the blaze that has kept firefighters engaged throughout the morning.

According to Fire Officer Prashant Kumar Dal, "At 3 am we received information about a fire in the fish market located in the Daily Market on Cuttack Link Road... A total of 8 fire tenders and 50 firefighters are deployed here... The fire extinguishing operation is still going on... There is no danger right now... The fire will be completely extinguished in some time."

Fire tenders and supervising officers have been involved in the operation.

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