Hyderabad: A massive fire broke out at a plastic bag manufacturing company at Jeedimetla on Tuesday afternoon. The workers in the company, who noticed the fire at around 12 noon, quickly managed to vacate the premises.

On being alerted, the fire tenders reached the spot and started fire fighting operations.

Huge smoke was billowing out from the manufacturing unit following the fire incident. The fire personnel are taking all steps to prevent the spread of the fire into neighboring establishments, authorities said.

The fire officials said that they can ascertain the reasons only after inspecting the building. The police had cordoned off the area to prevent people from crowding the place and causing hindrance in the fire fighting operation.