Fire broke out at a paint godown located at the congested Gulshan Colony, a residential area in Anandapur along EM Bypass, on Friday morning.

Seven fire tenders doused the fire in two-and a half hours.

Fire department officials said no one was injured.

The fire was spotted around 10.05am on the ground floor of a four-storeyed building at S/7, West Chowbhaga in Gulshan Colony.

By the time the first fire tenders reached the spot, all the residents of the building had been evacuated.

“We realised that there was a fire on the ground floor when someone screamed in panic. Within a few minutes, the fire engulfed the entire building. Thick smoke covered the area,” said a resident.

The cause of the fire had not been ascertained till Friday evening.

Fire department officials said they were waiting for the building to cool before a forensic team could visit the spot to find the “seat of fire” and the cause.