kolkata a fire broke out on platform number 2 of santoshpur railway station on the sealdahbudge budge section on thursday evening both up and down train services in the section were disrupted between 6pm and 8pm after the incident said railway officials the fire was first spotted by locals at the station around 530pm seven fire tenders were pressed into the service to douse the blaze that gutted 25 shops and some shanties adjacent to the railway platform no casualty was reportedmany passengers who were mostly returning home from their workplaces were left in the lurch due to the twohour disruption of train services they opted for bus services from majerhat and there were traffic snarls on dh road on thursday evening the reason behind the fire has not been ascertained yet locals said a cylinder blast might have caused the fire as they heard the sound of an explosion ananda kayal 65 whose sweet shop was damaged by the fire said i could not even bring out my shoe as the fire spread so quickly a railway official said the shops that encroached on the railway land were affected by the fire it did not cause any major damage to the railway property